Occupy immigration:OWS rally aims to recruit immigrants
Fox News Latino, News Report, via New America Media, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
NEW YORK -- Occupy Wall Street’s latest effort to attract immigrants is a march for immigrant workers planned this weekend in New York City, reports Fox News Latino.
The rally, organized for Sunday, aims to raise awareness on immigrant issues and to draw immigrants to a social movement that has largely focused on corporate greed. It takes place on International Migrants Day, a U.N. designated day in honor of migrant rights.
Mariano Muñoz, an active member of the Spanish Assembly for Occupy Wall Street, says that it is natural for immigrants – who are large affected by labor abuse and wage theft – to become part of a group that’s fighting for economic equity. He added that, day laborers in particular, are a group susceptible to abuse –often mistreated, underpaid, and sometimes hired by people who simply don’t bother to pay them.
“The message is pretty clear: immigrants are part of the 99 percent – and we need to call for an end to wage theft,” Muñoz said. “I believe immigrants should be at the forefront of the Occupy Wall Street movement.”
The march comes a month after Latino political leaders in New York organized a walk to try to diversify Occupy Wall Street while it was still camped out at Zuccotti Park.
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