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‘Fight attacks on immigrants’

Published Apr 30, 2009 7:41 PM

The May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights held a press conference on April 27 to announce plans for the May Day rally and march scheduled for Union Square in New York on May 1. One of the main messages raised at the press conference is the demand that President Barack Obama pass fair and humane immigration reform which would include the elimination of deportations and raids against immigrant workers and their families.

Speakers at the press conference were Roberto, Day Laborers United; Asha Samad-Matias, SAFRAD- Somali Association; Janis Rosheurel, Families for Freedom; Miguel Serafín, New Immigrant Community Empowerment; Larry Holmes, Bail Out the People Movement; Camilo Torres, NYU student; Fanny Guadelupe Morocho, Labor Cultural Center; Christina Hilo, BAYAN-USA; Comrade Shahid, Pakistani Freedom Forum USA; Luis Ramírez, immigrant rights activist; and Mike Gimbel, AFSCME Local 375. Teresa Gutierrez, coordinator of the May 1st Coalition, chaired the press conference.

—Report & photo by Monica Moorehead

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