"I'm not a day laborer or even an immigrant. I'm an artist. But how I make a living hardly matters in the current emergency. Our national community is under attack. Our immigrant friends and neighbors are under siege. Armed masked men are conducting militia raids in our hometown, on our streets. They are terrorizing immigrant workers, destroying families, and attacking values and rights precious to us all."
"At first it wasn't clear what I could do. The near-daily raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents chasing and assaulting immigrant workers across Southern California have been chaotic, violent, and dangerous. One day laborer at a Home Depot not far from Pasadena was chased to his death on a freeway. What could a peace-loving civilian woman like me do in the face of an armed invasion?"
An artist in Pasadena joined dozens of volunteers to stand in solidarity with immigrant workers facing violent raids. Armed, masked men and ICE operations have terrorized immigrant communities, injured and killed workers, and threatened families and civil rights. Volunteers connect through programs like Adopt a Corner run by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and staff a local job center to provide protective presence, companionship, and nonviolent resistance. Regularly meeting morning at a Home Depot corner builds trust, shares basic human connections, and creates a community response that counters fear and authoritarian tactics.
Read at Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
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