Thursday, June 26, 12:00 Noon ET
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*Interpretación en Vivo Disponible
Featuring:
Rep. Linda Sánchez
Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, whose district in Los Angeles has seen aggressive ICE raids
Rep. Greg Casar
Congressman representing Texas’ 35th district, Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Iza Camarillo
Public Citizen
Nicole Melaku
National Partnership for New Americans
Chris Zatratz
United Auto Workers (UAW)
Yunuen Trujillo
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Donald Trump has exploited the lie that immigrants are to blame for working people’s frustrations. As we wind down Immigrant Heritage Month, in the face of baseless, racist, partisan attacks on our communities, it is now more important than ever to advocate for immigrants and the essential role they play in our nation.
For years, politicians have misled Americans, fostering hatred against immigrants to hide the truth: it was always about profits over people, that cruelty towards migrants was an acceptable consequence. A new report by Public Citizen and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) shows that, in fact, working people at home and abroad have suffered from “free trade” policies, which Trump claims to hate but has no intention of fixing.
Join congressional leaders, the report author, and activists from front-line communities for a timely discussion on how U.S. trade and immigration policies fuel displacement and drive labor exploitation, while corporations profit and migrants pay the price.
