Labor Notes
04-13-2017, 04:30 PM
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Health Care Workers Bring Sanctuary Movement into the Union (http://www.thebellforum.com/2017/04/health-care-workers-bring-sanctuary-movement-union)
April 13, 2017 / Porfirio Quintano
I had no money and spoke no English when I illegally crossed the border into California 23 years ago, but I worked hard and fought for the right to stay here.
Had I made that harrowing journey this year, I’m sure I’d be deported right back into the crosshairs of the Honduran government’s death squads that had targeted me and many other community organizers.
Instead I quickly won a grant of political asylum—and later received full American citizenship.
More... (http://labornotes.org/2017/04/health-care-workers-bring-sanctuary-movement-union)
Health Care Workers Bring Sanctuary Movement into the Union (http://www.thebellforum.com/2017/04/health-care-workers-bring-sanctuary-movement-union)
April 13, 2017 / Porfirio Quintano
I had no money and spoke no English when I illegally crossed the border into California 23 years ago, but I worked hard and fought for the right to stay here.
Had I made that harrowing journey this year, I’m sure I’d be deported right back into the crosshairs of the Honduran government’s death squads that had targeted me and many other community organizers.
Instead I quickly won a grant of political asylum—and later received full American citizenship.
More... (http://labornotes.org/2017/04/health-care-workers-bring-sanctuary-movement-union)