RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN END TO THE ESCALATION OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS, DEPORTATIONS AND SEPARATION OF FAMILIES

Whereas, the Mayor and City Council of Chicago are on record in support of comprehensive immigration reform that would provide legalization and a road to citizenship for millions of undocumented people in this city and this nation; and

Whereas, the Mayor and City Council of Chicago are on record in opposition to the separation of families by the enforcement of our current immigration laws and in support of the reunification of families that have been so separated, especially those “mixed status” families with U.S. citizen children of which there are an estimated four million children currently in this country; and

Whereas, the Mayor and City Council of Chicago are on record calling for a moratorium on deportations, especially of families with U.S.
citizen children, until comprehensive immigration reform is finalized; and

Whereas, raids and deportations are increasing in scope and number in recent weeks and months, separating families; and

Whereas, 17 individuals are currently being held in the Chicago Metropolitan area with excessive bonds including mothers with infant children and fathers who are the sole support of their families; and

Whereas, national political leaders such as Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts have called for congressional investigations of these raids especially in respect to the harm caused to children by the incarceration of sole caregivers; and

Whereas, the escalation of these raids and deportations comes at a time when congress is about to begin the debate on comprehensive reform and when the President has called for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform by August of this year; and

Whereas, Chicago is home to Elvira and Saulito Arellano who have taken sanctuary in a Chicago church for seven months in a courageous act of civil disobedience against current immigration laws which would separate U.S. citizen children from their parents; NOW THEREFORE,

Be It Resolved that the Mayor and City Council of Chicago call on the President of the United States to issue an executive order to cease and desist in the execution of all raids and deportations that do not relate to our national security or to criminal activity until comprehensive immigration reform is completed and to suspend immediately all deportations of parents with U.S. citizen children and to specifically release those now held in custody in the Chicago Metropolitan area on their own recognizance; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Mayor and City Council of Chicago urge the members of the Illinois Congressional delegation to support comprehensive immigration reform which ends the separation of families, promotes the reunification of families and provides legal status with a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million undocumented in this country; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Mayor and City Council of Chicago offers its moral encouragement to Elvira and Saulito Arellano and reaffirms its support for the introduction of a private bill which would grant her legal permanent resident status and allow her to stay with her U.S. citizen son; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Mayor and City Council of Chicago establish Sunday, April 29th, 2007, as "Family Unity Day" in Chicago and urges all residents to participate in a day of prayer, peaceful gathering and petitioning of their representatives for an end to the tragedy and suffering of the separation of families; and

Be It Further Resolved that suitable copies of this resolution be printed and presented to the President of the United States, to the members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation, to both local and national officials of the Department of Homeland Security and to Ms.
Elvira Arellano.

DANIEL S. SOLIS EDWARD BURKE
Alderman 25th Ward Alderman, 14th Ward

BILLY OCASIO MANUEL FLORES
Alderman, 26th Ward Alderman, 1st Ward

RICARDO MUNOZ
Alderman 26th Ward


APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 45 TO O
MARCH 13TH, 2007

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CENTRO DE DERECHOS LABORALES

91 north franklin st. Suite 207

HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550

______________________________________________________________

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

Fecha de publicación: Martes 27 de Marzo , 2007

INMIGRANTES DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA EN GENERAL: IGLESIAS DE NASSAU Y SUFOLK, COMITÉ DE CIUDADANOS, LA COALICIÓN DE EMPLEADORES DE LONG ISLAND, COALICIONES DE INMIGRANTES, ANUNCIARAN DIA DE ACCION EN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, EN CELEBRACIÓN DEL PRIMERO DE MAYO

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CONTACTO: Carlos Canales – Nadia Marin Molina

(516) 565-5377 oficina

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PORQUE: presionar al congreso por una reforma migratoria justa para todos

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Resolution of International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10 - Adopted February 15, 2007, San Francisco, California. [This resolution was later adopted by ILWU Local 19, the longshore local in Seattle, Washington.]

WHEREAS, Local 10 adopted a resolution for our April 2005 Longshore Caucus reclaiming May Day (May 1st) which commemorates the struggle for the 8 (eight) hour work day in the United States;

WHEREAS, Local 10 endorsed May 1st, 2006 and participated in the Great American Boycott to protest the criminalization of immigrant workers by legislation such as HR4437 and the Marine Transportation Security Acts criminal background checks on dock workers;

WHEREAS, On May 1st, 2006, 90% of the container cargo at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was halted as the result of immigrant truckers not going to work;

WHEREAS, Agribusinesses such as Tyson Foods and Cargill closed down several of their plants in anticipation of immigrant workers not going to work on May 1, 2006 in support of immigrant rights;

WHEREAS, Our own Harry Bridges, an Australian immigrant worker, faced four prosecutions by the U.S. government, was wrongfully convicted, illegally imprisoned, fraudulently stripped of his citizenship, and his attorneys sent to jail for defending him;

WHEREAS, ILWU in 2008, will start very difficult contract negotiations with the employer which requires we start to mobilize our members and build coalitions; and

WHEREAS, Hornblower Cruises has yet to hire skilled and experienced ILWU and other union ferry workers as well as to negotiate a fair contract;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the membership instruct Local 10’s president to convey our intentions of having our stop work meeting on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 9 a.m. to Pacific Maritime Association;

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Local 10 participates in the Great American Boycott II, in support of workers and immigrant rights, including the workers of Hornblower Cruises, on May Day, 2007 and that the ILWU Local 10 Drill Team perform; and

THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to all ILWU locals, the International, and affiliated central labor councils.

- Adopted by International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10, February 15, 2007

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Last week members of the National Coordinating Committee of the National May 1 Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights held a very successful press conference with over 12 media outlets attending the National Press Room in Washington , D.C. Following is a reportback from the conference with a plea for donations. We've already begun creating thousands of bi-lingual fliers with national and local information on May 1st activities by the coalition, held various press conferences and forums to build a united May 1st Boycott and we need your financial support. In addition, coordinated national actions against the raids and deportations are planned for March 25th.

You can keep abreast of all of the coalition's activities, see and join the endorsers' list and download fliers at www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com.

Donations to the National May 1 Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights can be sent to:

May 1st Movement
c/o United Teachers Los Angeles
3303 Wilshire Blvd., Fl-10
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Checks or money orders can be made out to:

May 1st Movement.
c/o United Teachers Los Angeles
3303 Wilshire Blvd., Fl-10
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Movement Leaders Announce
May 1 Actions for Immigrant Rights

By Namwiinga Simwiinga-Khumalo
and Heather Cottin
Washington, D.C.

The National May 1st Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights held a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 15 to announce plans for “A Day Of No Work, No Shopping, No School, No Economic Activity.” May 1 will be what the May 1st Movement has dubbed “The Great American Boycott II.”

At the news conference, labor activists, leaders of immigrant-rights groups, antiwar organizers, African American leaders, and representatives of Latino/a and Muslim organizations called for an end to the terrorist attacks, raids and deportations against immigrants nationwide. The press conference was organized and chaired by Teresa Gutierrez, a leading representative of the May 1st Coalition for Immigrant Rights based in New York.

Bishop Felipe C. Teixeira of the Immigration Pastoral Center in Massachusetts said that the recent anti-immigrant raids in that state had shown “the face of racism and discrimination. No human being is illegal.” Teixeira spoke of the children’s cries after the Nazi-like raids by Immigration Custom Enforcement who hauled away women workers in New Bedford, Mass. The bishop said the number of children left motherless was much greater than the news media reported. He called for a bigger May 1 protest, saying, “Together, united, we can defeat the imperialism of the USA.”

Emma Lozano of the Chicago immigration rights group Centro Sin Fronteras, which is supporting the right of sanctuary for Elvira Arellano, urged immigrants to use their economic power. “They don’t question us when we spend our money. They question our right to work,” she said. “We will hurt them in their pockets,” Lozano continued. “This country has exploited undocumented labor for over a century and grown rich off of it. We are not asking for anything. We are demanding our rights.”

Organizing for the Great American Boycott II is intensifying all over the country in the face of growing ruling-class hostility toward immigrant workers. Homeland Security has deported over 200,000 people in the last year. Thousands of immigrant parents and children are in jail.

The National May 1st Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights, whose formation was announced at a Feb. 4 conference on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles, has mounted a counterattack against this racist policy, focusing on the May 1 mobilization.

Those who participated in the massive marches in the spring of 2006—which were victorious in defeating HR 4437, the Sensenbrenner bill—are gearing up for another nationwide strike to stop the vicious attacks against immigrants.

Javier Rodriguez, national coordinating committee member who initiated the press conference, said that “mass demonstrations are scheduled for May 1 in cities across the country including: Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Antonio, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Providence, R.I., Elizabeth, N.J., Hempstead, N.Y., and many other locations. This broad participation is an indication of the growing unity among U.S. and foreign-born workers.”

At the March 15 news conference, Boston school-bus driver union leader Steve Gilles said all workers are hurt by government policies that divide U.S. and foreign-born workers. “The government is working with capital to break unions and lower wages.”

Representatives from the Food and Commercial Workers, which represents the workers at the Smithfield, N.C., hog processing plant hit with anti-immigrant raids in December, expressed full support for the boycott.

Debanuj Dasgupta of Queers for Economic Justice spoke on the devastating impact of anti-immigrant attacks on over 1 million lesbian/gay/bi/trans people without documents.

John Parker, an African American leader in the March 25th Movement in Los Angeles, called for “Black and Brown unity,” and spoke about how centuries of exploitation and oppression unite Black people and immigrants of color.

Troops Out Now Coalition leader LeiLani Dowell spoke of the war abroad and the war at home, calling on anti-war activists to support the May 1 action.

Day laborers from Freehold, N.J., and Freeport, Long Island, N.Y., spoke of their right to work unmolested, saying, “We are not criminals.”

May 1 events in solidarity with immigrants in the United States have also been called by the workers’ movements in Venezuela, Mexico and the Philippines.

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Movimiento Nacional Primero de Mayo para Derechos de los Obreros y Inmigrantes

www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com

213.995.4905

3303 Wilshire Blvd. 10^th Flr. c/o UTLA Los Angeles, California 90010

Lanzamiento de Noticias

Para Distribución Inmediata

CONFERENCIA NACIONAL DE PRENSA

PARA ANUNCIAR EL GRAN PARO AMERICANO II

LOS ALTAVOCES TRATARAN LOS DERECHOS DE EL TRABAJADOR E INMIGRANTE EXIGIRAN UN FIN A LAS REDADAS Y DEPORTACIONES

MASIVAS DEMOSTRACIONES SE REALIZARAN EL 1ro DE MAYO, 2007 ALREDEDOR DEL PAIS

Inmigrantes Activistas Laborales, Grupos a los Derechos del Inmigrante, Organizaciones de la Paz, Lideres Afroamericanos, Organizaciones Latinas, Lideres Musulmanes y muchos mas que seran Anunciados El Dia De No Trabajo, No Compras , No Escuela , Ninguna Activida Economica De Mayo 1, 2007

Qué: Rueda de prensa nacional

Quién: Dia Nacional 1ro de Mayò movimiento por los derechos de el trabajador e inmigrante

Cuando: Jueves, Marzo 15, 2007

Hora: 1pm

Donde: National Press Club 529 14^th Street. NW Washington, DC

El Jueves, Marzò 15 en Washington DC docenas de los activistas y de líderes por los derechos del inmigrante y del trabajador se reuniran en la National Press Club, 1pm. Anunciarán los planes próximos para el gran boicoteo uerrao II que se llevarar acabo el Martes, 1 de Mayo, 2007. La rueda de prensa es organizada por El Movimiento Nacional Mayo 1 por los derechos del trabajador e inmigrante, una coalición nacional fundada en Los Ángeles Febrero 3.

El gran boicoteo uerrao II está respondiendo a las grandes represarias contra los trabajadores e inmigrantes en este país. Es una continuación de las marchas masivas que ocurrieron en la primavera pasada victoriosas en derrotar la HR 4437, la legislación de Sensenbrenner.

Los activistas laborales hablarán con el gobierno sobre las polizas que estan destruyendo las uerra y disminuir el salario minimo y uerra los Estados unidos de trabajadores extranjeros. La solidaridad con los trabajadores inmigrantes, documentados e indocumentados uer acentuada. Los líderes afroamericanos hablaran de la unidad con los trabajadores inmigrantes y de la historia que une a dos comunidades. Los organizadores contra la uerra ligaran la uerra de el exterior con la uerra en este pais e invitaran a activistas contra la uerra para apoyar el Mayo 1, 2007. Los trabajadores del día hablarán sobre la cantidad de ataques raciales que estan occuriendo y como la comunidad con apoyo estan luchando en contra.

El Martes, 1 de Mayo, 2007 masivas demostraciones se llevaran acabo através del país incluyendo Los Ángeles, Chicago, Boston, NuevaYork, San Antonio, Houston, Seattle y muchas otras ciudades en una indicación de la unidad cada vez mayor entre ESTADOS UNIDOS y los trabajadores extranjeros contra un enemigo común: el gobierno de ESTADOS UNIDOS. Eventos de solidaridad con los inmigrantes en los ESTADOS UNIDOS llamado por los movimientos de trabajadores en Venezuela, México y las Filipinas.

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Whereas, the March 25th Coalition, based in Los Angeles, which spearheaded the massive protests for immigrant rights in the spring of 2006 [that were victorious in defeating the repressive HR 4437 Sensenbrenner bill], has joined with a broad coalition of organizations in the Latino, Black, Filipino, Labor and other communities, to form the May 1st National Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights, calling for mass demonstrations on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in cities across the country including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Antonio, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, Detroit, and many other cities demonstrating "the growing unity among US and foreign born workers"; and

Whereas, the San Francisco Labor Council on April 3, 2006, in a "Resolution in Support of Immigrant Workers" -- noting the AFL-CIO's February 16, 2000 "historic resolution in support of amnesty for immigrant workers" -- called for mobilizing in support of "full legalization and equal rights for undocumented immigrants" and supporting the call for the May 1st, 2006 national day of protest; and

Whereas, on May 22, 2006, the San Francisco Labor Council adopted the "National Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants", issued by the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, calling for "fair and just immigration reform for all" and solid worker protections, and opposing then-current legislation which would have created new "guest worker" (transient servitude) programs; and

Whereas, on March 10, 2007, 22 organizations in the immigrant community and their allies came together in San Francisco to begin planning for a march for worker and immigrant rights in San Francisco on May 1, 2007, in conjunction with the national demonstrations; and

Whereas, federal immigration authorities including ICE have been conducting brutal raids on workplaces and people's homes -- from the arrest of 1,300 workers at Swift & Co . meatpacking plants in six states on December 12, 2006, to more recent raids in the Bay Area, at the Smithfield hog processing plant in North Carolina and elsewhere -- terrorizing and separating families, intimidating the workers and interfering with union organization at the workplaces, in a massive violation of civil and union rights; therefore be it

Resolved, that the San Francisco Labor Council endorse and encourage participation in the May Day 2007 marches and other protest activities in San Francisco and cities nationwide, behind the banner of

1) Legalization and equal rights for immigrant workers;
2) Stop the brutal raids on immigrant workers;
3) No "guest worker" programs;
4) A moratorium on deportations;
5) Uniting workers of all nationalities and races in the struggle for our rights and our future .

--Adopted March 12, 2007 by the San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO, by unanimous vote

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SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS WORKER & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

WILL DEMAND AN END TO RAIDS & DEPORTATIONS

PLANS FOR THE ONE DAY NATIONAL BOYCOTT & MASS RALLIES ON MAY 1^ST, 2007 TO BE ANNOUNCED

Immigrants, Labor Activists, Immigrant Rights Groups, Peace Organizations, African American Leaders, Latino Organizations, Muslim Leaders and many others to announce A Day Of No Work, No Shopping, No School, No Economic Activity on May 1^st 2007 International Workers Day, to demand Congress approve fair and pro-immigrant, pro-workers immigration reform and end the terror launched by the Bush Administration on immigrant communities nation wide.

WHAT: NATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE

WHO: NATIONAL MAY 1^ST MOVEMENT FOR WORKER AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

WHEN: THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007

TIME: 1PM

WHERE: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

529 14^TH STREET, NW

WASHINGTON, DC

On Thursday, March 15 in Washington DC dozens of immigrant and worker rights activists and leaders will converge at the National Press Club at 1pm. Speakers will announce upcoming plans for the Great American Boycott II to take place on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. The press conference is organized by the National May 1^st Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights, a national coalition founded in Los Angeles on February 4.

The Great American Boycott II is in response to the growing hostility toward immigrant workers in this country and is a continuation of the massive marches that occurred last spring that were victorious in defeating HR. 4437, the Sensenbrenner legislation. The demonstrations also demanded an inclusive pro-immigrant reform with legalization for the more than 12 million undocumented workers and their families in this country.

Labor activists will speak to government policies that are aimed to break unions and lower wages and divide U.S. and foreign born workers. Solidarity with immigrant workers, documented and undocumented will be emphasized. African American leaders will address unity with immigrant workers and talk about the history that unites the two communities. Anti-war organizers will link the war abroad with the war at home and call on anti-war activists to support May 1^st, 2007. Day laborers will speak about the many racist attacks taking place and how the Latino community along with supporters is fighting back.

On Tuesday, May 1^st, 2007 mass demonstrations will take place in cities across the country including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Antonio, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Rhode Island, and many other cities in an indication of the growing unity among U.S. and foreign born workers against a common enemy: the U.S. government. Solidarity events with immigrants in the U.S. have been called by the workers movements in Venezuela, Mexico and the Philippines.

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U.S. Wars, Iraq & Immigration Workshop:

Most participants had an opportunity to express their thoughts about the disconnect between the "peace" movement and the struggle of immigrants.

All expressed the absolute necessity to educate the anti-war movement to all the other wars of U.S. imperialism - which cause the migration of peoples all over the world.

Specific action to address their issue:

1) Formal call from the conference to all national anti-war coalition and to the peace and justice movement in general to fully support the May 1 Boycott actions.

2) Official endorsement from conference of anti-war actions called for Feb. 17 and March 17 and encourage participation in anti-war actions.

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Committee on Border Vigilanteeism & Violence:

Resolutions -

Organize a speaking tour of L.A.-area universities and colleges on immigrants' rights.

Spread the word about UCLA protest of Minutemen speaking on campus this Tues. Feb. 6th.

Galvanize white community to hold Minutemen accountable and expose them, check them.

Mobilize for counter march on Feb. 10

Get demonstration permit for March 25

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RESOLUTIVOS DE LA MESA DE TRABAJO SOBRE MEXICO Y LATINO-AMERICA:

CONSIDERANDOS:

• Que America es un continente y no solo un pais.
• Que los trabajadores son una clase social internacional
• Que la migración forzada, es el producto de la explotación de la globalización y capitalismo salvaje
• Que la Convención internaacional por los Derechos de los Trabajadores Migratorios y sus familiares, reconoce, los derechos laborales y sociales, en los Estqados de destino.
• The National Puerto Rican Caucus Supports the Full and unconditional call for Full Legalization for all Immigrants. Recognizing that U.S. Citizenship was and still is an Imposition to All Puerto Rican People yet we recognize that it's a Human Rights matter on a both National and Internatonal scale and stand in complete Solidarity with all human Beings.

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Pa'lante Siempre Palante National March 25 Coaltion Puerto Rican Caucus

SE RESUELVE:

• La internacionalización de Movilizaciones en el Día del Trabajo, en los EEUU convocando a las organizaciones sindicales y sociales en nuestros paises de origen, a sumarse al
• PARO y BOICOT ECONOMICO, el próximo Primero de Mayo del 2007.
• Oponeros a cualquier convenio tipo bracero, trabajadores temporales o huespedes, por no ser la solución para nuestros paises ni para las demandas del movimiento obrero internacional, no a la esclavitud moderna.
• EXIGIR a nuestros gobiernos, que se promuevan politicas y leyes justas y humanas que defiendan los derechos de los trabajadores en transito y de sus familiares, dentro y fuera de sus respectivos paises, ensenando con el ejemplo.

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Clergy & May 1st Boycott:

We agreed that All religions should say -

Stand for Justice
Be Against Oppression

1) Boycott your church if they don't. Hold them accountable
- March vs. Boycott. Boycott is more effective.
- Bring your church on May Day.

2) Preaching; Publicizing May Day/Struggle.
- Action Item: Send press release advising Imams to speak on Khutbah and teach public.

3) Statement: Interfaith/Ecumenical with concrete steps on how to prepare and support this cause.

From John Henry Clark: Use religion like Malcolm X.

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Youth & Student Workshop:

Demands -

1) Full Equality for all immigrants Now.

2) All schools and universities be sanctuaries
a)No retaliation for walkouts or any forms of protest
b)Don't ask, don't tell policy regarding immigration status
c)No law enforcement or immigration authorities allowed on campus without search warrants
d)Schools and organizations should protest students and youth who engage in political activity and/or do not have documentation

3) No military recruitment at schools. End targeting of immigrants and all youth for military recruitment.

4) Stop the war on Iraq and immediate withdrawal of all occupation troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world.

5) End the legal disenfranchisement of youth and students. Give all workers who pay taxes, regardless of immigration status and age a right to vote.

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Detroit se une en defensa de Elvira Arellano
Frenemos su deportacion

Moratoria inmediata para poner alto a las redadas, deportaciones, sanciones por parte del empleador y separacion de familias. Diga si a la legalizacion.

La Sra. Elvira Arrellano estaba trabajando cuando elementos de Homeland Security la arrestaron durante una redada de “Operación Tarmac” en el aereopuerto O’Hare de Chicago Illinois. Ella es una madre soltera con un hijo Estaunidense (Saulito Arrellano) y hoy confronta su deportación. Arrellano fundo una organización llamada “La Familia Latina Unida” la cual representa familias separadas(o al borde de la separación) por leyes de inmigración injustas e inmorales. Hace un corto tiempo Ms Arrellano hizo una huelga de hambre que duro 22 dias. A traves de esta huelga ella denuncio e impidio la deportación de 26 trabajadores de la compañía IFCO. Desde ese entonces, se convirtió en un símbolo y lider de los trabajadores indocumentados en la lucha por lograr la legalización para todos. Hoy Arrellano pide al gobierno una moratoria a las redadas y deportaciones.

Le invitamos a que escuche al Pastor Walter L. Coleman de la Iglesia Adalberto United Methodist Church en Chicago

El Ministro Coleman dara un informe en relacion a la situacion de la Senora Elvira Arellano y dara una explicacion acerca de las razones por las que le otorgo asilo en dicha iglesia. Tambien se dara un informe en relacion al Grande Boycot del primero de mayo del 2007.

Donde: La Iglesia Episcopal “Ste. Peter”

1950 Trumbull (y Avenida Michigan)

(contra esquina al antiguo estadio de los Tigeres de Detroit)

Cuando: El sabado 10 de marzo, 2007 a las 2 PM

Patrocinado por: Latinos Unidos de Michigan(LUUM), Centro Obrero de Detroit(COD), y

US Cuba Labor Exchange

Para mas informacion comuniquese a: (313) 887 - 1849 rosendo@luum.org
(313) 587 – 9285 laborexchange@aol.com

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El Gran Boicot Americano II
May 1, 2007

______________________________________

Detroit Joins in defending Elvira Arrellano

Help stop her deportation

Call for an immediate Moratorium to stop raids, deportations, employer sanctions, and separation of families. Say yes to legalization of undocumented workers.

Elvira Arrellano was working when she was arrested by “Homeland Security”during an “Operation Tarmac” raid in Chicago’s Illinois O’Hare airport. Ms Arrellano a single mother with a US born son (Saulito Arrellano) is now facing deportation. Arrellano the founder of

“La Familia Latina Unida” represents families separated (or on the verge of separation) by broken immigration laws. She recently led a sucessful hunger strike for 22 days to pressure

a stay of 26 IFCO workers under deportation orders. Ms Arrellano stood up and denounced the raids & deportations. Since then, she became a symbol and a leader of the undocumented workers in the struggle for legalization. She has pushed for a moratorium on raids and deportations of all workers.

Come and hear Pastor Walter L. Coleman from the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago
Pastor Coleman will give an update on Ms Arellano's situation, and will explain

his reasons for granting her asylum in his church.

He will also talk about the Great May Day Boycott of 2007.

Where: St. Peter's Episcopal Church
1950 Trumbull (& Michigan Ave. in Cork town)

When: Saturday March 10, 2007 at 2PM

Sponsored by: Latinos United of Michigan(LUUM), Centro Obrero de Detroit(COD) and

the US Cuba Labor Exchange

For more information contact: (313) 887 - 1849 rosendo@luum.org
(313) 587 – 9285 laborexchange@aol.com
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The Great American Boycott II

May 1, 2007

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Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan, Press Advisory


WHAT: A press conference on Raids, Deportations, Separation of
families, racial profiling and employer sanctions.

WHERE: St. Peters Episcopal Church
1950 Trumbull (& Michigan Ave. In Detroit’s Cork Town)

WHEN: Saturday March 10, 2007 at 1:00PM

WHY: Church Ministers, Community Leaders, Human Rights Advocates, Public
officials & concerned citizens, will join in solidarity to affirm,
our nation's basic values of justice, fairness, due process, and
humane treatment for all, no matter what their status.

Speakers will denounce the raids and deportations that separate families, racial profiling, enforcement and raid tactics by BICE(Bureau of immigration & Customs Enforcement - Department of Homeland Security) with no respect to our core fundamental rights under the U.S. Constitution and Universal Human Rights.

Pastor Walter Coleman - Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago
Father Norman Thomas - Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Detroit
Minister Dawoud Muhammad - Michigan Representative of Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam
Honorable JoAnn Watson - Detroit City Council Woman
Cardinal Bayi Lande - Shrine of the Black Madonna, Detroit
Bishop Nkenge Abe - Shrine of the Black Madonna, Detroit

Pastor Walter Coleman will deliver a call from Ms. Elvira Arrellano for a Moratorium on these raids and deportations until fair and comprehensive immigration reform is achieved. In September of 2006 Ms. Elvira Arrellano a young undocumented mother of U.S. born 7 year old Saulito Arrellano took refuge in Adalberto United Methodist Church. Since then, this church became Ms. Arrellano’s Sanctuary.

Pastor Walter Coleman will call on the Faith Community for a “Statement of Unity” and mass participation in opposition to separation of families by our current immigration laws. And for the reunification of separated families in the comprehensive immigration reform legislation that soon will be before Congress and the Senate.

The “May First National Coalition” is calling for a national boycott to take place on
May 1, 2007. Latinos Unidos de Michigan is a member organization of this coalition and will follow their lead organizing for May 1st here in Detroit. There will be other May 1st actions in many other major cities across the U.S., Mexico and Latin America on this date.

For additional information contact:

Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan(LUUM)

Rosendo Delgado (313) 887 - 1849 rosendo@luum.org
Ignacio Meneses (313) 587 - 9285 laborexchange@AOL.com
Elena Herrada (313) 974 - 0501 elenaherrada@comcast.net

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