{"id":2722,"date":"2025-08-13T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2025-09-05T02:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T02:15:53","slug":"against-the-assault-on-immigrant-workers-the-path-forward-is-class-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/?p=2722","title":{"rendered":"(En\/Es) Against the Assault on Immigrant Workers! The Path Forward is Class Struggle! | \u00a1Contra el ataque a los trabajadores inmigrantes! \u00a1El camino a seguir es la lucha de clases!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#en\" title=\"\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"#es\" title=\"\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"en\"><strong><strong>Join us in spreading the word with our printable <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EnEs-Leaflet-Against-the-Assault-on-Immigrant-Workers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">leaflet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EnEs-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">flyer<\/a>!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The assault on immigrant workers is an attack on the entire working class!<br>The only way to counter these attacks is through class struggle!<br>For class unionism, for international working-class unity, in defense of all workers regardless of nationality!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In capitalism\u2019s desperate quest for profit, necessary to keep this dying system afloat, the capitalist class is waging an offensive against immigrant workers in the U.S. and beyond. These attacks aim to control and maintain a hyper-exploited section of the working class, composed largely of immigrants. Union leadership tied to the bosses has remained largely silent on these issues and, in some cases, has even fueled these attacks with anti-immigrant rhetoric and positions.<br><br>The Democratic Party sheds crocodile tears over the arrests and deportations of immigrant children and their families. Its hypocrisy is clear when we remember that the Obama administration deported more people (2.9 million) than any Republican administration including Trump\u2019s. No matter which of the bosses\u2019 parties administers the capitalist state machine, the working class must defend itself against the capitalist class and the attacks of its state apparatus.<br><br>This offensive against immigrants is not new. For example, the racist violence and deportations suffered by Chinese immigrants who labored in mining, railroad construction, and agriculture in the United States during the late 19th century. Today, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) carries out arrests and disgusting deportations of immigrant workers. Detentions and deportations are accelerating rapidly, with increased funding to expand the State\u2019s capacity to carry them out. Detained immigrants are often forced to live in for-profit prisons run by companies like GEO Group, where detainees are exploited as cheap labor, allowing other capitalists to profit from their detention.<br><br>Many union members and leaders, such as Ju\u00e1rez Zeferino, have been targeted. These attacks are intended to spread fear and suppress organizing efforts among the most exploited workers and by extension, the entire working class. Capitalist immigration laws and policing force many workers into undocumented status, creating a hyper-exploited section of the working class living in precarious social and legal conditions, under constant threat of deportation and detention. Many of these people, including children, make up the labor force in sectors such as domestic work, construction, service, and agriculture. This system allows the capitalist class to lower wages and worsen conditions for the entire working class through competition and control over labor supply and demand.<br><br>Native-born workers are told by so-called right-wing politicians that immigrant workers are to blame for their hardships; that they \u201ccommit crimes\u201d and \u201cdrain the system.\u201d In reality, the true parasite is the boss, who extracts profit from workers and commits heinous acts of violence in pursuit of profit. Undocumented immigrant workers pay taxes on their wages to the State that provides them with no services, services that are already minimal for the rest of the working class, since they are excluded from programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Medicaid, and Social Security.<br><br>Most business union leaders have stayed silent on immigrant workers\u2019 struggles, and some have openly promoted racism, nationalism, and anti-immigrant sentiment. For example, Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien recently echoed racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric, claiming that \u201cillegal immigrants come into our country to commit crimes and steal jobs.\u201d These false leaders exist to block the class organization of the workers\u2019 struggle and maintain \u201csocial peace\u201d through the lie of common interests between workers and bosses, under the banner of \u201cour\u201d glorious nation, which in reality means the subjugation of workers\u2019 interests to those of capital!<br><br>The working class is strongest when united, including across borders! To truly fight back against attacks on immigrant workers and the working class as a whole, our struggle must unite wage earners from North America to Latin America and beyond.<br><br><strong>The Class Struggle Action Network is organizing a <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/?p=2698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"One Class, One Fight: Immigrant Worker Defense and Solidarity\">campaign<\/a> in solidarity with and in defense of immigrant workers. This includes necessary organizing and agitation, from passing union resolutions for concrete action to building cross-sector committees committed to defending immigrant workers.<\/strong><br><br><strong>We invite all workers\u2014unionized and non-unionized\u2014to join this vital effort.<\/strong><br><br>To learn more and get involved, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"class-struggle-action.net\">class-struggle-action.net<\/a> or contact us at <em>class-struggle-action@proton.me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"es\"><strong>\u00a1\u00danete a nosotros para difundir el mensaje con nuestros <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EnEs-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">volantes<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EnEs-Leaflet-Against-the-Assault-on-Immigrant-Workers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">folletos<\/a> imprimibles!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00a1El ataque a los trabajadores inmigrantes es un ataque a toda la clase trabajadora! <\/em><br><em>\u00a1La \u00fanica forma de contrarrestar estos ataques es a trav\u00e9s de la lucha de clases! <\/em><br><em>\u00a1Por el sindicalismo de clase, por la unidad internacional de la clase trabajadora, y en defensa de todos los trabajadores sin importar su nacionalidad!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En su desesperada b\u00fasqueda de ganancias , la cual es necesaria para mantener a flote este sistema moribundo, la clase capitalista est\u00e1 lanzando una ofensiva contra los trabajadores inmigrantes en Estados Unidos y el mundo&nbsp; Estos ataques tienen como objetivo controlar y mantener hiperexplotado a un sector de la clase trabajadora, compuesto en gran parte por inmigrantes. Los dirigentes sindicales vinculados a los patrones han guardado silencio en gran medida sobre estas cuestiones y,en algunos casos, incluso han alimentado estos ataques con a\u00fan m\u00e1s ret\u00f3rica y posiciones antiinmigrantes. Mientras tanto, el Partido Dem\u00f3crata derrama l\u00e1grimas de cocodrilo por las detenciones y deportaciones de ni\u00f1os inmigrantes y sus familias. El cual deja en claro su hipocres\u00eda&nbsp; cuando recordamos que la administraci\u00f3n Obama deport\u00f3 a m\u00e1s personas (2,9 millones) que cualquier administraci\u00f3n republicana, incluida la de Trump. Independientemente de que partido patronal administre la maquinaria del Estado capitalista, la clase trabajadora debe defenderse de la clase capitalista y de los ataques de su aparato estatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las detenciones y deportaciones de inmigrantes se est\u00e1n acelerando r\u00e1pidamente debido al aumento de financiaci\u00f3n para ampliar la capacidad del Estado para llevarlas a cabo. Muchas veces, los inmigrantes detenidos se ven obligados a vivir en prisiones con fines de lucro gestionadas por empresas como GEO Group, donde los detenidos son explotados como mano de obra barata, lo que permite a otros capitalistas beneficiarse de su detenci\u00f3n. Muchos miembros y l\u00edderes sindicales, como Ju\u00e1rez Zeferino, han sido blanco de estos ataques. Estos ataques tienen como objetivo sembrar el miedo y reprimir los esfuerzos de organizaci\u00f3n entre los trabajadores m\u00e1s explotados y, por extensi\u00f3n, entre toda la clase trabajadora. Las leyes capitalistas de inmigraci\u00f3n y la polic\u00eda obligan a muchos trabajadores a vivir en situaci\u00f3n irregular, creando un sector hiperexplotado de la clase trabajadora que vive en condiciones sociales y legales precarias, bajo la amenaza constante de la deportaci\u00f3n y la detenci\u00f3n. Muchas de estas personas, incluyendo ni\u00f1os, conforman la mano de obra en sectores como el trabajo dom\u00e9stico, la construcci\u00f3n, los servicios y la agricultura. Este sistema permite a la clase capitalista reducir los salarios y empeorar las condiciones de toda la clase trabajadora mediante la competencia y el control de la oferta y demanda de la mano de obra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los supuestos pol\u00edticos de derecha les dicen a los trabajadores nativos que los trabajadores inmigrantes son los culpables de sus dificultades; que \u00abcometen delitos\u00bb y \u00abagotan el sistema\u00bb. En realidad, el verdadero par\u00e1sito es el patr\u00f3n, que extrae ganancias de los trabajadores y comete actos atroces de violencia en busca de ganancias. A menudo, los trabajadores inmigrantes indocumentados pagan impuestos sobre sus salarios al Estado que no les proporciona ning\u00fan servicio, ya que est\u00e1n excluidos de programas como el SNAP (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria), Medicaid y el&nbsp; Seguro Social, los cuales ya son m\u00ednimos para el resto de la clase trabajadora,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mayor\u00eda de los l\u00edderes sindicales empresariales han guardado silencio sobre las luchas de los trabajadores inmigrantes, e incluso algunos han promovido abiertamente el racismo, el nacionalismo y el sentimiento antiinmigrante. Por ejemplo, el presidente de Teamsters, Sean O&#8217;Brien, se hizo eco recientemente de la ret\u00f3rica racista y antiinmigrante, afirmando que \u00ablos inmigrantes ilegales vienen a nuestro pa\u00eds para cometer delitos y robar puestos de trabajo\u00bb. Estos falsos l\u00edderes existen para bloquear la organizaci\u00f3n de clase de la lucha obrera&nbsp; y mantener la \u00abpaz social\u00bb mediante la mentira de los intereses comunes que existen entre trabajadores y patrones, y bajo la bandera de \u00abnuestra\u00bb gloriosa naci\u00f3n, lo que en realidad significa \u00a1la subyugaci\u00f3n de los intereses de los trabajadores a los del capital! La clase trabajadora es m\u00e1s fuerte cuando est\u00e1 unida, incluso m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las fronteras! Para luchar verdaderamente contra los ataques a los trabajadores inmigrantes y a la clase trabajadora en su conjunto, nuestra lucha debe unir a los asalariados desde Am\u00e9rica del Norte hasta Am\u00e9rica Latina y m\u00e1s all\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La Red de Acci\u00f3n por la Lucha de Clases est\u00e1 organizando una <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/?p=2698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"One Class, One Fight: Immigrant Worker Defense and Solidarity\">campa\u00f1a<\/a> en solidaridad con los trabajadores migrantes y en defensa de ellos. Esto incluye la necesaria organizaci\u00f3n y agitaci\u00f3n, desde la aprobaci\u00f3n de resoluciones sindicales para acciones concretas hasta la creaci\u00f3n de comit\u00e9s intersectoriales comprometidos con la defensa de los trabajadores inmigrantes. Invitamos a todos los trabajadores, sindicalizados y no sindicalizados, a unirse a este esfuerzo vital.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n y participar, visite <a href=\"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Home\">class-struggle-action.net<\/a> o p\u00f3ngase en contacto con nosotros en <em>class-struggle-action@proton.me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English | Espa\u00f1ol Join us in spreading the word with our printable leaflet and flyer! The assault on immigrant workers is an attack on the entire working class!The only way to counter these attacks is through class struggle!For class unionism, for international working-class unity, in defense of all workers regardless of nationality! In capitalism\u2019s desperate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,46,47],"tags":[58,68,146,55],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-class-struggle","category-featured","category-workers-struggle","tag-class-struggle","tag-class-unionism","tag-deportations","tag-union"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_.jpg",1440,660,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_-300x138.jpg",300,138,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_-768x352.jpg",768,352,true],"large":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_-1024x469.jpg",1024,469,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_.jpg",1440,660,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cdn.kpbs_.jpg",1440,660,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"AnonymousWorker","author_link":"https:\/\/class-struggle-action.net\/?author=5"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"English | Espa\u00f1ol Join us in spreading the word with our printable leaflet and flyer! The assault on immigrant workers is an attack on the entire working class!The only way to counter these attacks is through class struggle!For class unionism, for international working-class unity, in defense of all workers regardless of nationality! 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