WHY WE MARCH: PRESS CONFERENCE 9/4 FOR IMMIGRANT WORKER'S MARCH 9/5
Nathalie Contreras
PRESS CONFERENCE
WHY WE MARCH
September 2, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Persons:
Nativo V. Lopez (714) 423-4800
Natalie Contreras (310) 890-5566
IMMIGRANT WORKER’S MARCH: DEMAND AN END TO OBAMA’S ENFORCEMENT ONLY IMMIGRATION POLICIES
What: Press conference to discuss the Immigrant Worker’s March to Demand an End to Obama’s Enforcement Only Immigration Policies
Where: Olvera Street – In front of the Mexican Cultural Institute. 125 Paseo De La Plaza #100, Los Angeles, CA 90012
When: Friday, September 4th, 2009
Time: 11:00 am
The initial mass terminations have only just begun at companies targeted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directed by the enforcement only immigration policy of President Barack Obama. Worker councils are forming and fighting back despite the extremely adverse conditions of the enforcement of employer sanctions sweeping the country.
Workers openly oppose these policies and practices and challenge them as aggressive unprecedented enforcement of employer sanctions with the I-9 audits of profiled companies that hire immigrants, the expanded use of eVerify, the federal system of employment verification, and the expansion of police-ICE collaboration through the 287g program.
Workers are taking the brunt of the attacks and suffering the immediate consequences of this misguided policy. Their urgent call to take to the streets demands that President Obama stop the attacks on immigrants and that he fulfill his promise of immigration reform, heard during the presidential campaign, but recently been forgotten.
Enforcement heavy and legalization light is now the order of the day for President Obama. Workers demand an end to enforcement only policies and LEGALIZATION NOW!
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