DayWithoutImmigrants &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:DayWithoutImmigrants News and Views from the People's Struggle Sat, 02 May 2026 23:03:38 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png DayWithoutImmigrants &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:DayWithoutImmigrants Thousands mobilize to strike down racist and anti-immigrant bill in Wisconsin https://fightbacknews.org/thousands-mobilize-strike-down-racist-and-anti-immigrant-bill-wisconsin?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Waukesha, WI - Over 10,000 workers and community members marched in Waukesha, on May 1, as part of a “Day Without Latinos and Immigrants” statewide general mobilization. Protesters demanded Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson not turn his deputies into ICE agents through the 287(g) program. This same initiative was proposed in Madison in 2016 and was quickly struck down due to massive people’s mobilizations. Across the U.S., other cities also marched to protest the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrant communities. !--more-- Local businesses were closed during the time of the march. Thousands of students organized walkouts, and buses came to Waukesha from over 12 cities across the state. People rallied at Cutler Park before marching on the Waukesha County Courthouse. The program ended with speakers addressing the crowd, calling on them to join the fight for immigrant rights by phoning state senators and the sheriff’s office to demand that 287(g) is struck down. FRSO proudly marched in unison with the other friends, family and comrades. This action showed that the Wisconsin community is committed to continue this fight. #WaukeshaWI #287g #DayWithoutImmigrants div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Waukesha, WI – Over 10,000 workers and community members marched in Waukesha, on May 1, as part of a “Day Without Latinos and Immigrants” statewide general mobilization. Protesters demanded Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson not turn his deputies into ICE agents through the 287(g) program. This same initiative was proposed in Madison in 2016 and was quickly struck down due to massive people’s mobilizations. Across the U.S., other cities also marched to protest the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrant communities.

Local businesses were closed during the time of the march. Thousands of students organized walkouts, and buses came to Waukesha from over 12 cities across the state. People rallied at Cutler Park before marching on the Waukesha County Courthouse. The program ended with speakers addressing the crowd, calling on them to join the fight for immigrant rights by phoning state senators and the sheriff’s office to demand that 287(g) is struck down.

FRSO proudly marched in unison with the other friends, family and comrades.

This action showed that the Wisconsin community is committed to continue this fight.

#WaukeshaWI #287g #DayWithoutImmigrants

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/thousands-mobilize-strike-down-racist-and-anti-immigrant-bill-wisconsin Fri, 04 May 2018 13:21:26 +0000 4000-plus march in Chicago on Day Without Immigrants https://fightbacknews.org/4000-plus-march-chicago-day-without-immigrants?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[March in Chicago on Day Without Immigrants.") Chicago, IL - Over 4000 people marched today, Feb. 16, in Chicago as part of the Day Without Immigrants mobilizations across the country. The protest was called by ARISE Chicago, whose Jorge Mujica spoke to the crowd at Union Park. He condemned the order from President Trump that allows ICE officers to detain and deport people without trial. Mujica was one of the conveners 11 years ago of the mega-marches in Chicago that attracted hundreds of thousands for immigrant rights. !--more-- The march was overwhelmingly Latino, with many Mexican flags. Messages of solidarity from other oppressed nationality movements came from Frank Chapman of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Bassem Kawar, a volunteer with the Arab American Action Network. #ChicagoIL #DonaldTrump #DayWithoutImmigrants div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> March in Chicago on Day Without Immigrants.

Chicago, IL – Over 4000 people marched today, Feb. 16, in Chicago as part of the Day Without Immigrants mobilizations across the country. The protest was called by ARISE Chicago, whose Jorge Mujica spoke to the crowd at Union Park. He condemned the order from President Trump that allows ICE officers to detain and deport people without trial. Mujica was one of the conveners 11 years ago of the mega-marches in Chicago that attracted hundreds of thousands for immigrant rights.

The march was overwhelmingly Latino, with many Mexican flags. Messages of solidarity from other oppressed nationality movements came from Frank Chapman of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Bassem Kawar, a volunteer with the Arab American Action Network.

#ChicagoIL #DonaldTrump #DayWithoutImmigrants

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