May 1 Border March

Border Communities to Join Thousands Nationwide on May 1st in Support of Just and Humane Immigration Reform
Immigration, labor and religious groups across the country gather to demand reform this year

WHAT: Community March and Rally

WHEN:  At 4:30 PM, Friday, May 1, 2009

WHERE:  We will gather at 4:30 pm at the Corner of Mills and Walnut in central El Paso, and we will march towards the “Mercado Mayapan” (4:45) where we will join in a solidarity Workers Rights Rally with the Mujer Obrera at the displaced worker’s new Mercado & Technology Center. Afterwards the march will continue towards in the Plaza de los Lagartos and begin the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Rally at 5:45 pm.  After the Rally, local bands will be playing.

WHO: Border Network for Human Rights, La Mujer Obrera, Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, ACLU Las Cruces, Annunciation House and Border Workers Association.

WHY: The momentum for immigration reform this year is growing. President Obama has expressed his support for immigration reform. The Senate Judiciary Committee is hosting a hearing at 2 p.m. this Thursday to discuss a common sense approach to immigration reform featuring economist Alan Greenspan.

From New York City to Los Angeles to El Paso and every major city in between, immigrant rights grassroots groups will join forces with labor and religious groups to show that Americans want immigration reform this year. We are asking for a common sense approach that gives the hard working men and women already here an earned path to citizenship, keeps families together and provides legal avenues for future workers to seek out opportunities here and join our struggle to strengthen our economy.

Our broken immigration system and broken economy are linked. In order to get the economy going again, we need a common sense solution to immigration.  Economists know it.  Businesses know it.  Labor leaders know it.  And the American people demand action. They don’t want more excuses from Washington.  That’s what Thursday’s hearing is about, and that is what the May 1st marches are about.

For a detailed of May 1st events in the rest of the country, please visit www.anewdayforimmigration.org.

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