CHICAGO – With just over a month until May Day, immigrant advocates gathered at the Chicago Teachers Union Headquarters on Saturday to share plans for protests, work stoppages and boycotts.
Advocates are calling on the community to show support and solidarity with the city’s immigrant population.
“We are resisting the attacks from the present administration. We are resisting the threats coming from him and the attempts to put fear in the immigrant community,” said Omar Lopez, an organizer with the Immigrant Defense Resistance Council.
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