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...Defeat of Immigration Bill in the Congress
The following statement is attributable to Mike Fishman, 32BJ President:
“The Senate’s failure to fix our badly broken immigration system means that local elected officials will continue to take immigration matters into their own hands. As seen in Morristown, NJ, Hazelton, PA, Suffolk County and countless other cities and towns, the results are often divisive, discriminatory and damaging to our communities and to immigrant families. Senate Republicans have failed immigrant workers and the American people, particularly the 12 million immigrants already here who will be further targeted and persecuted.
“Today’s vote is not a vote to preserve the status quo, it’s a vote that will make an already bad system worse.”
With more than 85,000 members in six states and Washington, D.C., the majority of whom are immigrant workers, 32BJ is the largest property services union in the country.
– June 28, 2007
...Impact of Immigration Crisis on Cities and Towns
The following statement is attributable to Hector Figueroa, 32BJ Secretary-Treasurer:
“The recent antics by local and federal officials - from deputizing local police officers in Morristown, NJ, to the horrific raids that ripped apart families in New Bedford, MA - are not a solution to the immigration crisis. They are meant to instill fear in communities where immigrants live and work and do nothing to address the problems with the broken immigration system. Today we call on our elected officials - especially the White House and Congressional Republicans - to get serious about passing a realistic and bipartisan bill this year that will provide a path to citizenship for hard working, tax paying immigrants, reunite families, create an orderly system for future immigrants and ensure workplace and civil rights for all workers. Americans are ready for comprehensive immigration reform that is in line with our economic needs and our humanitarian values.”
Declaración de Héctor Figueroa, Secretario-Tesorero de la 32BJ
“Las recientes acciones por oficiales locales y federales—desde darle poderes federales a policías en Morristown, NJ, a las horribles redadas las cuales separaron familias en New Bedford, MA—no son la solución para la crisis de inmigración. Estas acciones solo causan temor en las comunidades inmigrantes, donde estos inmigrantes viven y trabajan y no hacen nada para buscar una solución a los problemas de nuestro sistema de inmigración roto. Hoy llamamos a los oficiales electos—especialmente a los republicanos de la casa blanca y el congreso— que ya es hora de aprobar una reforma migratoria realista y bipartidista este año la cual provea un camino a la ciudadanía para inmigrantes que trabajan duro y pagan impuestos, reúna familias, y crea un sistema ordenado para futuros inmigrantes y asegure protecciones civiles y laborales para todos los trabajadores. La gente de este país esta lista para una reforma migratoria justa que este en línea con nuestras necesidades económicas y valores humanos.”
– May 1, 2007
...On the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Why does immigration matter to labor? By Héctor Figueroa
Congress: Get Serious on Immigration By Héctor Figueroa
Statement by 32BJ on the Gutierrez-Flake Immigration Reform Bill (STRIVE) By Héctor Figueroa
Congress Must Fix our Broken Immigration System – Now By Valarie Long
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