Everyone has a right to live free from discrimination and stereotyping," said Rally Coordinator Hector Chavana. " This Coalition has supported the right of day laborers to work and to end any actions by the Minuteman Project that threaten the safety of immigrants in Houston. We will continue to monitor activities and defend the rights of anyone targeted by this group.
Sunland Park, NM and Anapra, Chihuahua
Where: Elena Memorial Park, 101 Meadow Vista, in Sunland Park, NM
The Action Begins at: 10am
Press Conference: 1 pm
Organizations from New Mexico, west Texas, and Northern Chihuahua will take part in an action/demonstration to demand justice and to renounce the anti-immigrant racist group the “Minutemen” Saturday October 8 in Sunland Park, New Mexico.
The objectives of this border action are:
- To demand an end to the attacks against immigrants by the Minutemen and demand respect for the rights of immigrants and the whole border population.
- To reject the militarization of border communities and the abuses against civilians under the “state of emergency” declared by the Governors of New Mexico and Arizona.
- To denounce predatory lending and the lack of adequate infrastructure and decent housing in border communities.
- To call attention to the need for an equitable education for youth in colonias.
- To denounce poverty and marginalization, particularly regarding the condition of the working poor and immigrants, on both sides of the border.
- To call attention to the grave displacement of jobs of farm workers in the region because of the mechanization of the chile and onion harvests, as well as other new farm technologies.
- To meet the ongoing demands of the ex-Braseros and other workers who have not been fairly remunerated for their work during World War II, sustaining the U.S. economy in time of need.
- To oppose the practice of environmental racism by industries, such as ASARCO in El Paso, Texas and elsewhere, that are irremediably contaminating our land and water, to the detriment of human health and to oppose the landfills in the communities of Sunland Park and Chaparral, New Mexico, the clandestine landfills of asbestos, medical and dangerous materials in neighborhoods of El Paso, as well as the proliferation of toxic waste generated from maquiladoras in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
- To deter the actions of organized crime on the border and to stop the widespread violence in which Juarez residents live, where crimes are committed with impunity against a defenseless population, especially women and girls whose murders have not been adequately addressed by the authorities.
Nogales, NM
Join us in a mass demonstration at the U.S./México border. Let us show both governments that we, as people united in solidarity to work for peace, justice, and human rights, demand immediate changes to the border, and an end to border deaths.
Nogales, Arizona, US: 10am: Meet at the park across the street from Walgreens, just before the port of entry. The march to the border will begin there. There is street parking surrounding the park.
Nogales, Sonora, Mx: 10am: Meet at the office of Nogales Infantil,near the port of entry in Nogales. The march to the border will begin there.
“We are one family; we have no borders”
