LCLAA Calls for Continued Immigration Reform
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Dear LCLAA Members and Allies,
Just yesterday our federal courts once again made a decision impacting the lives of thousands of individuals hoping to migrate to the United States. For years Title 42 prevented people who crossed the southern border from claiming asylum and for years, these people were forced to go back to the very places they were seeking refuge from. Because of this policy many of these individuals had to go back to their home countries, potentially facing violence, torture, or even death.
The end of this policy will once again give these individuals, who tend to be Black, Brown and Indigenous, a pathway to safety. Yes, there is success in this ruling, but we cannot be complacent with this. The pathway itself is still not safe. Holding facilities are often overcrowded and riddled with unhealthy conditions.
As an organization, especially one with such significant ties to immigrant communities, it is LCLAA’s responsibility to not settle. It is our responsibility to ask for more, to ask the federal government of more, and to not reward them for the bare minimum.
In solidarity,
Yanira Merino
National President of LCLAA
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A huge shoutout to our Long Island, Los Angeles and Tarrant County Chapters for their successful events the past few weeks.
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Find out more information about the LCLAA events here!
November 19: Join LCLAA DC Metro Chapter, DC Jobs with Justice, IUPAT DC 51, and DMV Tradeswomen for their Women in Construction event.
November 19: Join LCLAA Los Angeles, Bravo High School, and MACES Roots and Shoots for a Volunteer Day at Cultiva LA Community Garden.
November 22: Join LCLAA Los Angeles, USW Local 675, LiUNA Local 300 and many more for their 9th Annual Turkey & Food Distribution!
December 6: Join LCLAA Chicago Metro and Trabajadoras Fellows for a Latina Equal Pay Day Panel & Action this Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 6 pm at the National Mexican Museum of Art.
December 8: Join LCLAA Central Florida for their Annual Christmas Toy Drive.
December 10: Join LCLAA Central Florida for their Free Citizenship Clinic.
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Garment Worker Center: The Los Angeles based advocacy group is hiring organizers, a paralegal, a lead organizer, staff attorneys, and coalition coordinator. Check opportunities here.
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Field Organizing Specialist at the Solidarity Center: The Solidarity Center is looking for a seasoned bilingual and bicultural union organizer to provide organizing support and counsel to Solidarity Center partners and leaderships in Mexico. Apply here.
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El Avance is published by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the leading national organization for Latino(a) workers and their families. LCLAA was born in 1972 out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latinos in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latinos in an effort to impact workers' rights and their influence in the political process. LCLAA represents the interest of more than 2 million Latino workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), The Change to Win Federation, and independent unions. Visit us on the web at lclaa.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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