{"id":7769,"date":"2016-11-20T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2017-01-26T06:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T11:59:57","slug":"usa-sanctuary-campus-protests-demand-universities-protect-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7769","title":{"rendered":"USA: \u2018Sanctuary campus\u2019 protests demand universities protect immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…. HUMAN RIGHTS ….<\/p>\n

An article by Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence<\/a><\/p>\n

In wake of the Trump\u2019s election and the president-elect\u2019s renewed vows to deport 2 to 3 million immigrants, organizers across the country are mobilizing to create \u201csanctuary spaces\u201d for those threatened by the proposed crackdowns. On Wednesday [November 16], thousands of students staged walk-outs on over 80 campuses nationwide, signalling their commitment to maintain \u201csanctuary campuses\u201d to protect immigrant students. Demonstrators also presented their school administrations with specific demands, including commitments to refuse campus access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, continued support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, and the protection of students regardless of documentation status.<\/p>\n

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Cosecha<\/a> organizer Carlos Saavedra was encouraged by the turnout on Wednesday, and says the coming weeks will be crucial for the movement. \u201cThe election of Trump has a lot of people angry and fearful, and many \u2014 both immigrant and non-immigrant \u2014 want to get involved,\u201d he said. \u201cThe question for us now is how to channel that energy into an organization that doesn\u2019t back down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saavedra says that while many communities may be affected by the election of Donald Trump, many immigrants, particularly those in the undocumented community, feel \u201cthey may be first on the chopping block.\u201d Saavedra worries about his own brother, a DACA \u201cDreamer,\u201d who may be \u201cone of the first to go\u201d if Trump makes good on his promise to repeal the DACA program.<\/p>\n

Cosecha\u2019s long-term goal, says Saavedra, is to change the national narrative surrounding the immigrant community by combating xenophobia and promoting \u201cpermanent protection, dignity and respect\u201d for all. The movement is structured horizontally as a network of \u201cactivist circles\u201d that each consist of anywhere between 3 and 150 people across the country. Cosecha offers training and action plans for groups, schools and congregations wishing to join their movement, and encourages diversity and daring. \u201cOur movement needs musicians, artists, dancers, creatives, mothers, daughters, workers, street-intellectuals, poets, academics, students,\u201d reads their website. \u201cWe encourage risk-taking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cosecha has already overseen numerous direct actions to both combat anti-immigrant policies and to elevate the visibility of immigrants as a part of the American social fabric. Under the slogan #HechoPorInmigrantes, or \u201c#BuiltByUs,\u201d Cosecha launched a campaign to highlight the role of immigrant labor in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the pillars of the economy,\u201d Tha\u00eds Marques said in a statement released by the movement. \u201cAs immigrants, we feel a burning indignation when we listen to politicians, the media and Trump supporters give reasons why we should be deported; why our families should be separated; why our contributions to this country hold no value.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cosecha has taken particular aim against Donald Trump\u2019s use of undocumented workers, including his employment of 200 unauthorized workers in the construction of Trump Tower for a wage of $5 a day.<\/p>\n

In August, Cosecha members staged a direct action<\/a> at Trump Tower in Manhattan in August by barricading themselves to the front door in nonviolent protest of Trump\u2019s anti-immigrant rhetoric. The action resulted in several arrests, but the group was back a week later with another act of creative resistance, projecting images<\/a> of undocumented workers on the gleaming walls of a building directly across the street. In the short film they produced of the action, the workers held signs reading \u201cSin manos, no hay obra,\u201d or \u201cWithout hands, there is no work.\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, Cosecha has worked to raise awareness about the \u201cBuffalo 25,\u201d a group of undocumented workers who \u2014 earlier this month \u2014 were abruptly rounded up and detained during a restaurant raid in Buffalo, New York. In early November, Members of Cosecha occupied<\/a> Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign office in Pittsburgh to draw attention to the 25 detainees, calling on the then-presidential nominee to commit to protecting the rights of the detainees and their families.<\/p>\n

Today, Cosecha is working to gather 100,000 signatures for its petition <\/a> for a targeted boycott. Organizers hope that leveraging consumer power on a mass scale will \u201cbreak the anti-immigrant consensus that has solidified after Trump\u2019s victory.\u201d Organizer Vera Parra told <\/a>Hyperallergic \u201cwe trust that when the immigrant community uses its economic and labor power to show the broader public what this country would really look like without immigrants, legislation will follow.\u201d Saavedra agreed, saying that while his community is shaken, \u201cthere\u2019s also a real sense of resiliency. We\u2019ve been through pain before, and if we can stay serious and organized, we will figure this out.\u201d If done right, Saavedra said, \u201cthis could be an opportunity to redefine the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…. HUMAN RIGHTS …. An article by Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence In wake of the Trump\u2019s election and the president-elect\u2019s renewed vows to deport 2 to 3 million immigrants, organizers across the country are mobilizing to create \u201csanctuary spaces\u201d for those threatened by the proposed crackdowns. On Wednesday [November 16], thousands of students staged … Continue reading USA: \u2018Sanctuary campus\u2019 protests demand universities protect immigrants<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","tag-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}