Resolution Supporting Rally on April 5th

March 20, 2025

WHEREAS, The Trump administration has stated that, due to reaching capacity in immigration detention centers, immigrants will now be held in federal prisons; and

WHEREAS, Schools, churches and hospitals are no longer considered sanctuary locations protected from ICE agents.

WHEREAS, Trump, using Elon Musk as a battering ram, is launching an assault on public schools. By dismantling the U.S. Dept. of Education, slashing school funding, and targeting the equal rights of immigrants, trans, special needs and poor students; and

WHEREAS, Public workers and the services they provide are being demonized, defunded, illegally fired and furloughed at an alarming rate; therefore,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED; that MLK Labor endorses a rally and march initiated by the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS), and other Labor and community organizations to be held Saturday, April 5, 2025, beginning with a rally at noon at Angle Lake Park, followed by a march to the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac WA. 

The demands of the action are:

• Melt ICE
• Fund Public Schools
• Support Immigrant and Trans Students
• Defend Public Workers and Services

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that MLK Labor will support this action through a donation of $500, publicizing it, and encouraging affiliates to join.