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Vol. 81/No. 24 June 19, 2017
San Francisco unionists fight against deportations
Militant/Betsey Stone
SAN FRANCISCO — The fight against the threatened deportation of
construction workers Rodrigo Nuñez and Hugo Mejia got union backing at a
rally in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention
Center here June 5. Over two dozen members of Mejia’s union, the
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, joined the
demonstration of over 150. Members of Drywall Lathers Local 68L, that
Nuñez belongs to, also participated.
Above, Sandy Valenciano, a member of California Immigrant Youth Justice
Alliance, leads the protesters in chants calling for their freedom.
Mejia and Nuñez were arrested by ICE May 3 when they checked in for a
construction job at the Travis Air Force Base. Since then a growing
number of groups and individuals have joined the fight against their
deportation.
“These are fathers, unionists and workers,” Tim Paulson, executive
director of the San Francisco Labor Council, told the crowd. “We are
going to keep fighting to stop their deportation.”
— BETSEY STONE
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