The marches are a tool, but they are being overused, This could finally be the spark for our people to advance.
The message is for the congressmen of New Jersey that the community is demanding that they change their positions.
This is the voice of the voiceless. We are part of the workforce of this country.
If the idea of the borough was to make the workers disappear, that failed completely. We now have the workers in downtown in many corners.
We're going to different cities around New Jersey. We're going to places like Trenton, Elizabeth, Hightstown and Passaic, sometimes on Saturday nights, sometimes after church on Sundays. We want people to understand this bill and why it is important for New Jersey to pass it.
We have far exceeded our expectations. The events are intended to show solidarity and, at the same time, send a message that injustice against the immigrant community is unacceptable. This is not the end of our struggle. It is the beginning.
Every town in New Jersey is its own little world, and every town has them. There are economic forces that have interests in these people remaining exploited and in the shadows.
There is a crisis of labor rights in the state of New Jersey, and there is a crisis of people not getting paid, not getting overtime. Who knows how many thousands of dollars are robbed from their hands every day by these people, where, in many cases, they're not even getting minimum wage.
We must risk our jobs. One can always get another job.
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