On Oct. 4, the Claremont Student Worker Alliance (CSWA) shuttled a group of 5C students to Los Angeles to participate in the We The People Are Rising march and rally. The protest was jointly organized by regional labor unions and immigrant support networks, namely Unite Here! Local 11 and The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
The demonstration was a response to President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which added $170 million to ICE’s budget, and the recent Supreme Court decision loosening ICE regulations to allow for racial profiling in immigration stops.
Students and workers from across southern California marched 1.5 miles from the 6th Street Bridge to the Japanese American National Museum to show support for affected Angelenos and take a stand against these recent actions…