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> National Day of Action for Status For All!
> March and Community Fair
> Saturday, May 5th. 12 p.m.
> Christie Pitts Park (Bloor and Christie)
>
> TORONTO -Everyday over 500,000 undocumented people across Canada, and
> over 80,000 in Toronto, live in daily fear of detention and
> deportation. They are our coworkers, fellow students, political
> activists, family, friends, and community members. Working in the
> backs of hotels and restaurants, as domestic and agricultural workers,
> as taxi drivers and construction workers, and in other jobs,
> undocumented and immigrant communities experience racial profiling,
> exploitative working conditions, and lack of access to city services.
>
> On May 5th we will come together for our 3rd annual march to show our
> strength and continue to voice our demands. We will demand an end to
> detentions and deportations. We will demand access without fear to
> city services. We will demand a full and inclusive regularization
> program.
>
> The march will follow week-long celebrations of workers rights
> worldwide, starting with the May Day demonstrations by our allies in
> the United States who are planning an even bigger turnout than the
> millions who turned out last May. Immigrant rights are workers rights
> and we will be commemorating the immigrant workers traditions of May
> Day with a strong trade unionists and workers contingent. Marching
> under the banner “Good Enough to Work, Good Enough to Stay,” they will
> be calling for permanent status for all and not temporary workers
> permits. Temporary status is not enough to end the exploitation of
> migrant workers and instead creates further marginalization.
>
> Undocumented migrants are further marginalized by not being able to
> access city services without fear of deportation. But over the past
> year, No One is Illegal has made some gains in our Access Without Fear
> Campaign. After a year of community pressure, Toronto Police Chief
> Bill Blair has finally implemented the ‘Don’t Ask’ policy where police
> will not ask victims and witnesses of crime for their immigration
> status. However, more work needs to be done to ensure full access to
> city services for undocumented migrants and No One is Illegal is
> continuing its fight for a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy for all city
> services.
>
> The diverse neighbourhood, in which the march is held, was targeted by
> immigration enforcement last year with residents randomly being asked
> for documentation. This coincided with the emergence of the new
> Conservative immigration ministry, which resulted in escalated attacks
> against immigrant communities. We saw an increased number of
> detentions and deportations, arrests of students at schools, and
> US-style enforcement tactics including random identification checks in
> malls, subway stations, and on the streets.
>
> Last year, we organized and fought these attacks. We organized in our
> work places, community centres, apartment buildings, schools and
> unions to show the Immigration Ministry that we would not accept these
> attacks. Together we were able to stop the random identification
> checks in a community viciously targeted by immigration officials.
>
> On May 5th, we will celebrate our victories, and re-energize for our
> continuing struggle. The march will end at Dufferin Grove Park where
> there will be a community fair filled with activities, food and music.
> The events are part of the National Day of Action demanding status for
> all taking place in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver and other cities
> across Canada.
> -30-
>
>
> For more information contact nooneisillegal@riseup.net
> For Press interviews contact Sima Zerehi, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
> Campaign and No One is Illegal Toronto 416.893.4053.
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