Immigrants Workers To March In Princeton On May Day

Sarah Salvadore
Updated ·1 min read

PRINCETON, NJ —Hundreds of immigrant workers will be marching through downtown Princeton on Sunday, to demand citizenship, COVID-19 relief and job protection.

The march, which is being organized by Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA-NJ) and other organizations, will begin at 12 p.m. at 124 Witherspoon Street and culminate at 3 p.m. at Community Park School. The march will also celebrate the 13th anniversary of ULA.

Workers from different industries and sectors - day laborers, domestic and farm workers, workers from the restaurant and service industry, factories, warehouses - are calling for mass mobilizations to demand that President Joe Biden take concrete steps to help immigrant workers.

The workers will be highlighting three specific demands:

  • Deportation relief and work authorization for those who lost family in the pandemic, for those who have denounced workplace abuse, and those who continued to work during the pandemic and other disasters.

  • An end to the exclusion of immigrants from pandemic relief, including access to vaccines and unemployment aid.

  • Protection of workers, and not deportation.

“We will call upon President Biden to use his executive authority to protect — through deportation relief and work authorization — the surviving family members of immigrants who lost their lives to the coronavirus while doing the front-line work that kept the country running,” said Ana Paola, Director of ULA NJ.

“This march and celebration of workers’ struggles is just a beginning of joint action for full immigrant rights in Princeton and nationwide.”

The workers’ other demands include the right to organize, passing the NJ Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, no more collusion of local police with ICE, no wage theft, and a $1 billion NJ fund for excluded workers.

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