Multiple businesses across western Washington closed their doors on Monday for the "A Day Without Immigrants" movement on Monday, February 3. The movement is meant to give the public a glimpse of what ...

No work, no school, no spending — that is the slogan on a social media-driven call for immigrants to boycott participation in ...

Twenty-one years ago, Tyson’s Foods and Perdue Farms closed several plants. New Yorkers formed human chains and forced small stores to close their businesses. Hundreds of thousands took over the ...

The labor movement in the United States used to be “very anti-immigration,” said Jacob Remes, a labor historian and a ...

This system criminalizes all people who are displaced—migrants certainly, but also the unemployed and homeless who lose jobs ...

LAPD officers moved in to clear protestors after dispersal orders were issued in downtown Los Angeles. Video shows hundreds of people protesting in DTLA as part of 'Day Without Immigrants' movement By ...

Jessica Ordaz is an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of “The Shadow of El Centro: A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity.” I ...

The protests against ICE raids targeting undocumented workers are about more than workers’ and immigrants’ rights—they’re a fight to keep the U.S. out of a recession. Paul Ortiz, professor of labor ...

The first 10 days of the second Trump administration were dizzying, overwhelming people with fear, confusion, panic, and anxiety. ICE raids began shortly before and after Inauguration Day, including ...

Some protesters in LA have been waving the Mexican flag, drawing criticism from conservatives. The flag's use in such protests is fraught, and criticism often comes from the pro-immigrant movement.

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