Organized
labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families
vulnerable in the Trump era.
By
Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post
September
12, 2018
Yahaira
Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband, Juan Vivares, reported to the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in lower Manhattan in March.
Vivares, who fled Colombia and entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, had recently
been given a deportation order. Rather than hide, he showed up at the ICE office
with Burgos and his lawyer to continue to press his case for asylum.
Vivares,
29, was detained for deportation. That’s when Burgos’ union sprang into action.
Prepared
for Vivares’ detention, members of the Service Employees International Union
Local 32BJ gathered for a rally outside the ICE office that afternoon,
demanding his release. Union leadership appealed to New York’s congressional
delegation, enlisting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) to reach out to
ICE leadership. The union president even disseminated the name and phone number
for the ICE officer handling Vivares’ deportation and urged allies to call him
directly.[…]
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