Los Angeles, California – We, the People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment (People’s CORE) and the Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) – Los Angeles calls on all immigrants and their advocates to support the National Day of Action, today, April 10 in 61 cities of the United States including our city- Los Angeles
While the Senate’s Immigration Reform Overhaul bill is still very racist and punitive to immigrants because it makes immigrants wait out long years before becoming citizens, and essentially treats them as “second class citizens.”, still the reactionaries in the US Congress led by the Republicans sat on the bill and did not act on it.
The impasse in the US Congress only highlights the deep racism and anti-immigrant bias of the parties in power. The Democrats are equally guilty for not taking a unified stand for the immigrants and letting the HR 4437 pass in the House of Representative tuning the clock of time back to the era of the legalized Klu Klux Klan and the “separate but equal” anti black equality legislations.
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FULL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NOW! SUPPORT APRIL 10 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN LOS ANGELES by Arturo P. Garcia
FULL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS! APRIL 10 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN LOS ANGELES