All Out for May Day Marches; No to the Gutierrez-Flake bill

Pro-migrant groups celebrate May 1st across the U.S. For example, the centrist Mexican American Political Association calls for improved conditions for all workers and stand against:

• No guarantee of permanent legal status, seriously delays by six to more years the temporary status, and thus, legal uncertainty, and charges exorbitant fees
• A process for permanent resident visa application could extend from five to twenty years depending on the country of origin
• Further criminalization against unauthorized migrants
• More onerous interior enforcement measures to criminalize the poor further
• Use local police to arrest and detain migrants
• More expedited removal by DHS without due process
• More onerous employer sanctions hurting workers
• Increase criminal penalties against migrant workers
• Pro-employer guest-worker program
  

May 1st is International Worker’s Day to celebrate the social and economic achievements of the global labor movement by commemorating the executions after the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, which started on May 1 and ended on May 4.