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The
Struggle for Immigrant Rights
Welcome to our
Immigrant Rights website. We’ve
set up this page to post news, movement reports, debates and other materials
on this very important issue.
Socialist Action believes in a world without borders. We fight for complete immigrant
rights, and oppose all restrictions and efforts to deport
immigrants. We also support the
right to self-determination for Chicanos, and independence for Puerto
Rico.
Below is a list of
articles and other links with information about the immigrant rights
struggle, Chicano nationalism, the Puerto Rican independence movement,
and the struggles of Latinos in the U.S. general. We also encourage you
to check out our Latin America page and our Spanish
language page. We
welcome your feedback on the materials on this page.
Immigrant
Rights News & Views:
 Farm Worker March Hits Burger King’s
Greed: A November 30th demonstration of more than 1500
farm workers and supporters marched in Miami to the
national headquarters of the giant Burger King corporation to demand that
it pay farm workers in Immokalee, Florida one more penny a pound
to pick tomatoes and improve working conditions. Observers have called
conditions in this Central Florida
town, "modern day slavery." Many of the Miami
marchers wore T-shirts with "Exploitation King" imposed over
Burger King logos. continued
NY Governor Betrays Immigrants: In a reversal of his campaign
promises, Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) announced on Oct. 27 a new driver’s
license just for “illegal” immigrants. Spitzer earlier had promised a single
license for all New York drivers.
continued
Senate Kills Immigration Bill: A
fracture in the ruling-class alliance that had propelled the Senate
immigration bill forward resulted in the collapse on June 28 of a
sweeping attempt to reshape U.S. policy to suit the long-term desires of
the largest employers of immigrant labor. continued
Immigrants March Despite Gov’t. Persecution: One
benchmark of the disaster the U.S.
rulers have inflicted on Iraq
is the number of Iraqis that have fled the country since the U.S.-led
invasion and occupation. According to the UN High Commission on Refugees,
the number already stands at nearly 2 million, close to 10 percent of the
prewar population of the country.
continued
Which Way for the Immigrant Rights
Movement: The U.S.
capitalist class is committed, in principle, to a dramatic restructuring
of its labor force to guarantee itself an increased rate of profit across
basic industries. By means of "comprehensive immigration
reform," it seeks to regiment millions of undocumented immigrant
workers into a reserve army of super-exploited labor and import them into
labor-intensive industries like construction, meatpacking, agriculture,
hotels, textiles, and manufacturing.
continued
Victory at Smithfield Packing: In
mid-November workers brought the world’s largest pork-processing plant,
that of Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina, to a halt for two
days in a winning fight against mass firings of immigrants. The same two-thirds-Latino workforce
that shut down the plant during last spring’s immigrant worker general
strike turned their power against their own boss. Their battle took place
at the crossroads of several key struggles—for immigrant worker rights,
to organize the South and reorganize meatpacking nationally, to rebuild a
weakened labor movement—and even the fight against denial of civil
liberties in the “war on terror.” continued
 Immigrant
Workers & the Split in the AFL-CIO: On July 18, the week before the AFL-CIO split
convention, John Wilhelm resigned as head of the federation’s Immigration
Committee. Wilhelm, president of the hospitality industry division of
UNITE HERE, led the committee at a time when the federation had changed
its long-standing opposition to the rights of the undocumented. continued
In Memory
of Corky Gonzalez: Urban civil rights and Chicano
cultural movement leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez died from complications
of congestive heart failure at the age of 76 on April 12, 2005, at
his home in Denver. continued
Transitional Program 4 Chicano Liberation: Since the Chicano
people are oppressed as a nationality, they have the right to fully and
unconditionally determine their own destiny, including the right to establish
a separate state if they so decide collectively. It is a democratic right of Chicanos
to control all institutions in the Chicano community. These should be
administered by democratically elected councils representing the masses
of La Raza. These local councils representing the masses of La Raza.
These local councils should join with others on the state and national
level on the basis of elected delegates subject to immediate recall.
continued
Archived
Articles:
Immigrant
Rights & Fighting Racism:
New York's
Governor Betrays Immigrants
Immigrants'
rights defended in Arizona
Senate
kills immigration bill; mass action must be revived
New Haven
protest against ICE sweeps
Immigrant workers march despite gov't persecution
Which way for the movement for immigrant rights?
Immigrant raids set tone for guest-worker debate
Immigrant
Workers, Families Caught in Nationwide Round-Up
ICE Nabs
Immigrant Workers at Six Swift Packing Plants
Victory at
Smithfield Packing
Homeland
Security Operates Sting on Migrant Workers
The Basic Contradiction in U.S. Immigration Policy
Congress Debates 'Reform' Bill on Immigrant Rights
Walkout by Immigrant Workers Rocks Nation on May Day
Solidarity actions in Mexico
Work in factories, fields, ports at a stand-still
Mass Upsurge of Immigrant Workers
Immigrants & Their
Supporters Protest Against Bigotry in CT
How to
Fight Racist Groups
How Not
to Fight the Klan!
Farm
Workers:
Farmworker March Hits Burger King's Greed
Immigrant Workers and the AFL-CIO Split
UFW
Reverses Itself on "Guest Workers"
Bush’s new
‘bracero’ program: Temporary work, starvation wages
UFW Marches
Again - but Toward What Goal?
AFL-CIO
Backs Amnesty for Undocumented Workers
Puerto Rico:
The
Struggle Against the Death Penalty in Puerto Rico
Hands Off
Vieques!
The Navy Is
Still Bombing Vieques!
Bush Forced
to Respond to Vieques Protesters
The
Struggle 4 Chicano Liberation:
A Chicana Activist Speaks About Immigrant Rights
In Memory of Chicano Leader Rodolfo 'Corky' Gonzalez
Toward a
Transitional Program for Chicano Liberation
Film Review
of "My Vida Loca"
Who is
Murdering the Women of Juárez?
Body Count
Rises Along the Border
Uprising in
Indigenous Mexican Village Overpowers Cops
Historic
Documents:
The Forging
of an Oppressed Nationality
The
Struggle for Chicano Liberation: Adopted at the 24 Convention of the SWP
Chicano
Liberation Report to the 1971 SWP Convention
The Crisis
of American Capitalism and the Struggle for Chicano Liberation
Chicano
Liberation Report to the 1976 SWP Convention
Immigrant
Links & Resources:
Immigrant Solidarity Network
Bay Area Immigrant Rights
Coalition
MEChA
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee
Rights
Chicano/LatinoNet @ UCLA
Center for Immigration Studies
National Chicano Moratorium Committee
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