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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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