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Contact: Kate Schaefer, schaef27@uwm.edu, 414-573-1900
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 tens of thousands of people will march in Milwaukee, Wisconsin condemning Arizona's recently enacted immigration law that legalizes and institutionalizes racial profiling; calling for federal action to stop the increased deportations of noncriminal immigrants; demanding the passage of federal immigration reform in 2010; and pushing for vigorous job creation for all workers.
The annual May Day march in Milwaukee, since 2006, represent the largest mass marches of workers in the state's history. They were also the largest in the nation in the last two years. Joining the statewide Milwaukee march will be people on buses from Racine, Kenosha, Madison, Burlington, Delavan, Lake Geneva, Sheboygan and Whitewater. In addition to the Milwaukee statewide march, local marches are planned in Madison and Beloit.
The Milwaukee march is one of 70 being held across the country, unified around a common platform of demands. According to Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, "The recent events in Arizona have galvanized people all over America to respond as they did in 2006 when Congressman Sensenbrenner proposed the same kind of draconian measures that are an affront to basic America democratic values. Indeed, the Arizona law goes even further by institutionalizing racial profiling. "
According to State Representative Pedro Colon, who is of Puerto Rican descent, "As an American I am concerned that the police in Arizona can now detain all Americans without reason and as a Latino I am angry it is aimed at us."
Ms Ortiz also pointed out that the new law is an expensive and wasteful diversion of police resources away from serious crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery.
The march also highlights the need to hold Wall Street bankers and transnational corporations accountable for causing workers in the U.S., Latin America and Asia to lose jobs and forcing millions of farmers to migrate from their homes. In a message of solidarity Cat Reed, President of Flight Attendants Union of Midwest Airlines, says, "The hundreds of Flight Attendants at the former Midwest Airlines who continue to fight corporate greed to get our jobs back stand in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters struggling for equality and justice.
There will be a program at the beginning of the march, around 11:30AM, featuring U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Michael Burke, President of Milwaukee Area Technical College followed by solidarity messages from supporting religious, community and labor organizations. The march will commence at noon and proceed west on National Avenue to Mitchell Park (the Domes). At 1:30pm in Mitchell Park there will be a program featuring: Omar Damian Ortega, an immigrant worker facing deportation after being injured on the job; a first hand account from an Arizona resident, , and State Representative Pedro Colon. The rally will be followed by a celebration featuring live music.
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March will protest AZ State Law on May 1
April 27, 2010Contact: Kate Schaefer, schaef27@uwm.edu, 414-573-1900
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 tens of thousands of people will march in Milwaukee, Wisconsin condemning Arizona's recently enacted immigration law that legalizes and institutionalizes racial profiling; calling for federal action to stop the increased deportations of noncriminal immigrants; demanding the passage of federal immigration reform in 2010; and pushing for vigorous job creation for all workers.
The annual May Day march in Milwaukee, since 2006, represent the largest mass marches of workers in the state's history. They were also the largest in the nation in the last two years. Joining the statewide Milwaukee march will be people on buses from Racine, Kenosha, Madison, Burlington, Delavan, Lake Geneva, Sheboygan and Whitewater. In addition to the Milwaukee statewide march, local marches are planned in Madison and Beloit.
The Milwaukee march is one of 70 being held across the country, unified around a common platform of demands. According to Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, "The recent events in Arizona have galvanized people all over America to respond as they did in 2006 when Congressman Sensenbrenner proposed the same kind of draconian measures that are an affront to basic America democratic values. Indeed, the Arizona law goes even further by institutionalizing racial profiling. "
According to State Representative Pedro Colon, who is of Puerto Rican descent, "As an American I am concerned that the police in Arizona can now detain all Americans without reason and as a Latino I am angry it is aimed at us."
Ms Ortiz also pointed out that the new law is an expensive and wasteful diversion of police resources away from serious crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery.
The march also highlights the need to hold Wall Street bankers and transnational corporations accountable for causing workers in the U.S., Latin America and Asia to lose jobs and forcing millions of farmers to migrate from their homes. In a message of solidarity Cat Reed, President of Flight Attendants Union of Midwest Airlines, says, "The hundreds of Flight Attendants at the former Midwest Airlines who continue to fight corporate greed to get our jobs back stand in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters struggling for equality and justice.
There will be a program at the beginning of the march, around 11:30AM, featuring U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Michael Burke, President of Milwaukee Area Technical College followed by solidarity messages from supporting religious, community and labor organizations. The march will commence at noon and proceed west on National Avenue to Mitchell Park (the Domes). At 1:30pm in Mitchell Park there will be a program featuring: Omar Damian Ortega, an immigrant worker facing deportation after being injured on the job; a first hand account from an Arizona resident, , and State Representative Pedro Colon. The rally will be followed by a celebration featuring live music.
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Mitos y hechos
Mito: Los inmigrantes son un desagúe a la economía de los EE.UU.
Hecho: Los trabajadores nacidos en el extranjero desempeñan trabajos en sectores claves, comienzan su propio negocio y contribuyen a una economía próspera. El beneficio neto de la inmigración a los EE.UU. es claramente $10 billones anuales.
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