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immigrant rights

Georgina Hernandez

Before #MeToo, women janitors organized to fight workplace harassment

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“We’re talking about immigrant women, many undocumented immigrant women who, in a very personal way, need safety in their workplace.”

When thousands of activists marched last May Day in Los Angeles, they chanted a message that advocates have articulated time and again in US history: immigrants’ rights are human rights.

How immigrant rights activists fought — and won — a battle against unjust laws and deportations

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