What we do in this moment matters

In the face of escalating assaults on immigrant communities, our response must be unity and action. We stand with veteran labor leader David Huerta and all those in custody.

 

 

Third Actors watch with dismay the events unfolding in Los Angeles, as the Trump administration tries to gin up a confrontation by brazen assaults on immigrant communities. The White House’s eagerness to call in the National Guard—dubious on constitutional grounds—reminds many of us of events from an earlier day: the 1970 National Guard killings at Kent State (and the killings a few days later at Jackson State); we remember too well the damage those did to a divided nation.

We stand with those in custody, including veteran labor leader David Huerta, and we ask all our members to join the peaceful demonstrations planned in communities across America for Saturday June 14, No Kings Day. Everyone needs to say: this is not the America we aspire to be.

What we do in this moment matters, this admin is ratcheting up its assault on immigrant communities—they want to test our tolerance for violence, kidnapping, and unrestrained cruelty. If we don’t stand together to defend our neighbors and communities, they’ll take our inaction as indifference—or even consent.