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Trump to Launch Mass Deportation Raids in Chicago on Tuesday
As Payday went to the press, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Trump plans to large mass deportation raids in Chicago involving 100-to-200 ICE agents.
“We’re going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois,” Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan told people in Chicago earlier this month.. “And if the Chicago mayor doesn’t want to help, he can step aside. But if he impedes us, if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien, I will prosecute him.”
For more, check out the Wall Street Journal.
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10 Democrats Defeat Effort to Filibuster Anti-Immigrant Bill
Immigrant rights advocates were hopeful that Senate Democrats might hold strong and filibuster the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. The proposed law would allow states to deport anyone arrested by the police, regardless of whether they have been charged or convicted of any crime.
Several unions and immigrant rights groups opposed the bill, but today 10 Senate Democrats broke with the rest of their caucus. The Democrats include Cortez-Masto, Gallego,Hassan, Kelly, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Shaheen, Slotkin, and Warner.
The move came after even the Biden Administration announced that they were opposed to the bill.
ICE under the Biden Administration estimated that the Laken Riley Act would cost $86 billion over a 3 year period. A far cry from the estimated cost of only $3 billion when House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed the bill .
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Farm Workers Detained in ICE Raid in CA, 50 Already Deported
Last week, in Bakersfield, California, 78 immigrants were detained including many migrant workers. According to the United Farm Workers, 50 farm workers were already deported to Mexico.
“Despite Border Patrol’s demonstrably false claim that this raid targeted criminals, we believe it went far beyond that,” UFW Policy Director Areli Arteaga told El Pais. “We are heartbroken to share that two UFW members were detained and are now in Mexico. Both members had lived and worked in the United States for over 15 years. One leaves behind two children under the age of 10, and the other leaves behind four children between the ages of four and 10.”
Now, many farm workers in the Central Valley of California say that they are scared to show up to work. Agricultural employers are worried about what the Trump Administration could mean for their businesses.
"We are certainly very concerned about what is happening and how that is unfolding," Monterey County Farm Bureau Executive Director Norm Groot told NBC Bay Area.
For more on the raids, check out El Pais.
Latinos Disportionately Affected by LA Fires
A new study by UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute shows that Latinos are disproportionately affected by the LA fires. The study shows that at least 35,000 jobs will likely be lost by Latino workers as a result of the fires.
Be sure to also, read Cal Matters on dangerous work that immigrants will be doing cleaning up after the fires.
1199SEIU Sees Leadership Challenge
Finally, after being the president of the 400,000-member 1199SEIU for 20 years, George Gersham is facing a major challenge. His senior executive vice president Yvonne Armstrong is running against him and is a serious contender.
From POLITICO:
“Armstrong and Turner-Biggs said their slate already includes the vast majority of the 1199SEIU executive council, the union’s highest-ranking elected body, as part of a diverse coalition of 1,000 union leaders who have signed on.
Armstrong and Turner-Biggs enjoy their own name recognition as the union’s topmost officers after Gresham and his second-in-command, secretary-treasurer Milly Silva. Armstrong oversees the union’s fast-growing home care division in her role overseeing long-term care. Turner-Biggs got her start in 1199SEIU’s Massachusetts division then moved to New York, where she now leads the union’s delegates and members across downstate New York hospitals and health systems.
Despite their roles in the uppermost echelon of 1199SEIU, Armstrong and Turner-Biggs indicated they are often left out of the loop — as are other officers, staff and members. Their slate’s website more pointedly alludes to “backroom deals,” but the duo declined to elaborate.
“We are not in the room anymore when critical decisions are being made,” said Turner-Biggs, who would serve as Armstrong’s secretary-treasurer.”
News & Headlines Elsewhere
- How labor can fight back against Trump’s mass deportation agenda
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- Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst schemes to evict federal workers from D.C
- DC restaurant workers move to unionize Le Diplomate
- A look at the sexism behind lack of workers’ rights in reality TV.
- Finally, Leinenkugel is closing its Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin facility after Molson Coors took over
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