https://themilitant.com/2019/07/20/fight-for-amnesty-for-immigrants-in-the-us/
SWP statement
???Fight for amnesty for immigrants in the US!???
Vol. 83/No. 27
July 29, 2019
The following statement by Lea Sherman, Socialist Workers Party
candidate for New Jersey General Assembly, was released July 17.
The New York Times?? July 13 ran an editorial ??? ???All Presidents Are
Deporters in Chief??? ??? admitting what the Socialist Workers Party and the
Militant?? newspaper have pointed out for decades: government attacks on
undocumented immigrants are a bipartisan policy.
The SWP demands amnesty for the 11 million workers without papers in the
U.S. This is the only road to unite the working class, organize and
build the labor movement, and fight for the interests of all those who
are exploited and oppressed.
Bill Clinton deported more immigrants than any president in U.S. history
??? 1.8 million during his last year in office. Barack Obama deported
hundreds of thousands under the harsher form of deportation known as
???removal,??? which makes returning to the U.S. a felony. Donald Trump
continues more of the same, while stepping up demagogic rhetoric
scapegoating immigrants.
U.S. capitalists depend on undocumented workers to push down wages, to
boost their profits, to compete against their rivals around the world.
They want immigrants, but they want them to fear deportation. They hope
that will keep them from joining unions, from demanding higher wages and
better work conditions.
Working people need a road forward to unite to meet the effects of
today???s crisis of capitalism placed on our backs. We need to reject the
two-party shell game of the rulers??? Democrats and Republicans. The
wealthy rulers press us to be ???realistic??? and back the ???lesser evil.???
But all this means is we???re condemned to continuing capitalist oppression.
It doesn???t matter which capitalist politician is in the White House.
What matters is what we?? do to organize and fight in our own interests,
including building an independent working-class political party to fight
to take power into our own hands.
This is not an ???immigrant question??? ??? it???s a life and death question for
the unions. Fighting for amnesty for undocumented immigrants is key to
fighting together for better wages and working conditions for all. We
can???t let the bosses divide us!
Our fellow workers and farmers in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and
elsewhere in the region face the same crisis and challenges we do ???
building a working-class leadership capable of fighting to overthrow
imperialist exploitation and capitalist rule. Workers in the U.S. can
extend the hand of internationalist solidarity.
The revolution made by Cuban workers and farmers in 1959, led by Fidel
Castro and the July 26 Movement, a revolution that lives today, stands
as an example for all to emulate.
To strengthen the fight of working people from Latin America to North
America we say ??? Cancel the Third World debt! Organize the unorganized!
Amnesty for immigrants now!
In This Issue
Front Page Articles ???SWP campaigns among coal miners, workers in Kentucky
??????Fight for amnesty for immigrants in the US!???
???New stage in bakery???s fight against Oberlin ???racism??? smear
???Amazon warehouse workers protest against speedup and harassment
???Victory over ban in Kansas prisons boosts ???Militant??? fight in Florida
???US, British rulers step up threats against Tehran - US hands off!
Feature Articles ???Divisions wrack Democrats as race-baiting charges fly
Also In This Issue ???SWP calls for workers control of production, safety
at PG&E
???Telecom bosses on trial for driving workers to suicide
???Socialist Workers Party champions desegregation fight
???Walmart???s attendance policy shows need for a union
Editorials ???Ruling is gain for working class
On the Picket Line ???17,000 workers strike Walmart in Chile over wages,
job security
???London train cleaners join 48-hour work stoppage
???California grocery workers rally for wage raise, more work hours
Books of the Month ???Debs: ???Our hearts are with the Bolsheviki in Russia???
25, 50 and 75 years ago
Letters
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