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A seemingly endless flow of 65,000 passionate and peaceful marchers filled National Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin today, chanting "Obama, escucha, estamos en la lucha!" (Obama, listen, we are in the struggle!) and "El pueblo callado será deportado" (A community that's silent will be deported).
The Wisconsin Statewide May Day March for immigration reform and workers' rights is one of over 80 May 1 actions across the country, standing up against Arizona's increasingly hostile policies toward immigrants which also threaten the civil rights of all its residents.
"In the same way the Wisconsin Congressman Sensenbrenner's bill HR 4437 ignited the immigrant rights movement in 2006; so today has passage of Arizona SB 1070 awakened the nation and opened a new chapter in the civil rights struggle of this country," said Christine-Neumann Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera.
Featured speaker Rafael Reyes, an Arizona resident and member of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, gave testimony to the current situation in Arizona after the devastating passage of SB 1070. "There is a presence of fear in Arizona, but also a presence of strength and beauty in the young people and elders who are protesting, holding vigils, fasting, and calling for SB 1070 to be defeated."
The marchers pledged to support the Resolution that will be introduced by Alderman Witkowiak this Monday, calling for participation in the economic boycott of Arizona; and plan for a Milwaukee protest outside the Diamondbacks game at Miller Park in August.
Before the march, a suspicious dumpster fire billowed smoke onto the crowd as they assembled around noon, but the marchers were not deterred by what appeared to be an attempt at intimidation. Coordinators of the march and local law enforcement quickly contained the situation, and the march proceeded, even more determined to share its crucial message of dignity in the face of injustice.
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65,000 mobilize in Milwaukee against Arizona's discriminatory legislation, call for federal action on immigration reform
May 1, 2010 A seemingly endless flow of 65,000 passionate and peaceful marchers filled National Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin today, chanting "Obama, escucha, estamos en la lucha!" (Obama, listen, we are in the struggle!) and "El pueblo callado será deportado" (A community that's silent will be deported).The Wisconsin Statewide May Day March for immigration reform and workers' rights is one of over 80 May 1 actions across the country, standing up against Arizona's increasingly hostile policies toward immigrants which also threaten the civil rights of all its residents.
"In the same way the Wisconsin Congressman Sensenbrenner's bill HR 4437 ignited the immigrant rights movement in 2006; so today has passage of Arizona SB 1070 awakened the nation and opened a new chapter in the civil rights struggle of this country," said Christine-Neumann Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera.
Featured speaker Rafael Reyes, an Arizona resident and member of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, gave testimony to the current situation in Arizona after the devastating passage of SB 1070. "There is a presence of fear in Arizona, but also a presence of strength and beauty in the young people and elders who are protesting, holding vigils, fasting, and calling for SB 1070 to be defeated."
The marchers pledged to support the Resolution that will be introduced by Alderman Witkowiak this Monday, calling for participation in the economic boycott of Arizona; and plan for a Milwaukee protest outside the Diamondbacks game at Miller Park in August.
Before the march, a suspicious dumpster fire billowed smoke onto the crowd as they assembled around noon, but the marchers were not deterred by what appeared to be an attempt at intimidation. Coordinators of the march and local law enforcement quickly contained the situation, and the march proceeded, even more determined to share its crucial message of dignity in the face of injustice.
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Mitos y hechos
Mito: Un control débil de la frontera ha conducido a una alta inmigración indocumentada
Hecho: El presupuesto de la Patrulla Fronteriza ha aumentado diez veces más desde 1986, pero las travesías por la frontera han continuado a pesar de los riesgos. Esto se debe a que la inmigración ha sido conducida por los efectos de las pólizas comerciales de los EE.UU. al sur de la frontera y por una carencia de posibilidades legales para los inmigrantes para que entren a los EE.UU., comparado al número de trabajos disponibles.
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