Paul Ortiz at Truthout reports the recent escalation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and armed State attacks on Immigrants in Los Angeles and other cities is in large part a reactionary response to Democratic insurgencies led by Latinx Workers in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election. From the antebellum period through the Haymarket insurrection of 1886 to the present, Immigrant Workers have presented grave threats to the rule of capital by engaging in labor internationalism, Union Organizing and coalition building with progressive elements of the Middle Class. While ICE and other Federal Authorities have used incarceration and deportation as weapons against Immigrant Organizing Campaigns for over two decades, today’s war on Workers is a renewed effort to keep Latinx Workers in a state of abject terror and powerlessness. The outcome of this struggle will most likely decide the fate of the Labor Movement, as well as the future of the anti-MAGA resistance in the United States. Foiling media narratives of a “Latino turn to the right,” Latinx Workers have led the resistance to Donald Trump’s Presidency from early days, helping organize protests against the incoming government’s Anti-Labor policies in more than 100 Cities in the weeks after Election Day. These direct actions drew the participation of human rights advocates, small business owners, Unionists, students and others to demonstrate against President-elect Trump’s threat to deport upwards of 10 million Immigrants from the U.S. Understanding Latinx Workers have been in the vanguard of the struggle to save Democracy is a necessary step in creating a broad-based freedom movement. The Latinx Working Class registered its outrage at the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election by engaging in a wide range of protest activities - including hunger strikes, boycotts, rallies, teach-ins and countless “stay at home” actions in the weeks after November 7th, 2024.

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