Detroit speakout against anti-immigrant raids

Rosendo Delgado and Elena Herrada from Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan at speak-out.

Detroiters spoke out against the anti-immigrant raids and began preparing for May Day 2007 in a meeting at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on March 10. Featured speaker, Pastor Walter Coleman from Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, brought greetings from Elvira Arellano, a courageous woman who, with her son, Saulito, has become the public face of the workers being terrorized by raids and deportation. Detroit Councilmember JoAnn Watson and Minister Dawud Muhammad, Detroit representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, supported the rights of undocumented workers. Latinos United of Michigan (LUUM), Centro Obrero de Detroit and the U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange sponsored the meeting.

—Report and photo by Cheryl LaBash