[Cispes-Alert] Support for Mayday immigrant rights marches throughout the country!

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April 29, 2009

 

March for Justice and Immigrant Rights on May 1!

 

Friends,

 

May 1 is International Workers’ Day and this year a very special celebration
will take place in El Salvador as popular organizations take to the streets
to celebrate both worker power AND the recent victory of the FMLN party.  

 

Meanwhile, here in the United States, CISPES is supporting rallies and
mobilizations throughout the country to demand rights for immigrants and a
just economy for all!  As CISPES continues to work in support of workers,
campesinos, students, women's groups, the FMLN party and all those in El
Salvador fighting for social justice and equality, we also recognize that
the worsening economic situation in El Salvador – exacerbated by US imposed
free-trade policies like CAFTA – has forced many Salvadorans to migrate to
the United States.  Meanwhile, border repression, raids and deportations
have also contributed to the worsening economic situation, creating a
viscous cycle.  Until there is a change to the economic policies being
promoted by the US governments, people in Latin America will continue to be
forced to leave their countries and families. 

 

CISPES joins the immigrants and pro-immigrant activists taking to the
streets in defense of human rights and in favor of a just immigration reform
that provides a clear path towards citizenship and full rights for the
millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. CISPES will continue
to connect such struggles to our ongoing work in support of the FMLN and the
Salvadoran social movement and against "free" trade agreements,
privatization, and militarization in Central America. 

 

Therefore, CISPES supports the following demands
<http://www.ncicmetro.org/mayday/index.php> :

·  Stop the Raids and Deportations 

·  Just and Humane Immigration Reform 

·  End the 287(g) Agreements (No Local Enforcement of Unjust Immigration
Law) 

 

Please join us in taking to the streets in support of immigrant rights this
Friday, May 1.  If you’re in a city with a CISPES chapter you can find out
more information about local Mayday rallies and marches:

 

*	Seattle
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=552&Itemid=
62> 
*	Portland
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=558&Itemid=
62> 
*	Bay
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=553&Itemid=
62>  Area
*	Los
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=557&Itemid=
62>  Angeles
*	Boston
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=555&Itemid=
62>  
*	New
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=559&Itemid=
62>  York
*	Washington
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=554&Itemid=
62>  DC

 

For other events throughout the country check out:
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/calendar/Calendar.php

 



(image from http://www.ncicmetro.org/mayday/index.php)  

 

Adelante en la lucha!

 

- the CISPES National Office

 <http://www.cispes.org/> 




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