Immigration

"Immigration is a watershed civil rights issue of this period,
and we express solidarity with immigrants ..."

May Day 2006 March for Immigrant and Worker Rights

Milions have marched across the US, partly in outrage against laws proposed, and partly demanding rights they should have had for years.

In San Francisco, Gray Panthers have participated in marches, demanding
No Criminalization! No "Guest Worker" Programs! No "green card" draft!

March and April, 2006 Marches, Rallies, and School Walkouts, by students all over California.

May Day, 2006, march of tens of thousands in San Francisco, with descriptions with many pictures.

May Day, 2007, march in San Francisco

June, 2007 demonstration at Feinstein's office against her anti-immigrant legislation.

Articles

March, 2007, Newsletter article on immigration sweeps in the Bay Area in spite of Sanctuary City resolutions.

May, 2007, Newsletter article, Little Justice in the STRIVE Act.

September, 2007 Newsletter article on how the Dream Act is a form of coercive military recruitment.

Noted labor journalist and photographer David Bacon, on why Guest Worker programs are bad
for both immigrant and citizen workers.

Read SF Gray Panthers statement on immigration and immigrants' rights.