Interest in the May 1 RISE UP! day of action continues to explode, organizers say, with national marches and strikes in support of the immigrant families and workers now happening in some 200 cities across 39 states: “You’ll see rallies, you’ll see marches, you’ll see strikes, you’ll see any number of events that at the end of the day are doing two things: either calling out Trump on his bigotry but also affirming the rights and the dignity of immigrants and refugees in this country,” said Kica Matos, director of immigrant rights and racial justice at the Center for Community Change (CCC). May Day workers’ demonstrations have always been tied to the immigrant community because of the population’s contributions to the US economy, but this year the pro-immigrant message is being made explicit. “The Trump administration has shown nothing but contempt for immigrants and refugees and people of color, so we really want to make sure immigrants around the country rise up and speak about the rights of immigrants and the rights of workers,” Matos said. In Las Vegas, an estimated 5,000 people are expected to march down the strip in an action organized by the Culinary Union Local 226, one of the people power groups that turned Nevada blue last November and helped elect the nation’s first Latina U.S.

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