{"id":1396,"date":"2021-05-13T19:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalimmigrationlawyers.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2021-05-13T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:18:53","slug":"immigrant-workers-rights-may-day-rally-held-in-allentown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalimmigrationlawyers.com\/2021\/05\/13\/immigrant-workers-rights-may-day-rally-held-in-allentown\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant Workers\u2019 Rights \u2013 May Day Rally Held in Allentown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Make the Road Pennsylvania<\/a>\u2019s Allentown chapter organized the May Day rally advocating immigrant workers\u2019 rights \u2013 emphasizing undocumented workers. Along with demanding minimum pay and labor rights for undocumented workers, advocates urged the Biden administration to grant citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Armando Jimenez Carabin, the Allentown organizer of Make the Road Pennsylvania, came to the United States from Mexico with his family when he was a young boy. \u201cOur own story was that of just making not enough money to live. It was an economical decision, but it\u2019s different for every immigrant,\u201d Jimenez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of essential workers are undocumented immigrants, and they deserve dignity and respect as they have run this country and at the same time, they haven\u2019t received any benefits from COVID-19 legislation and emergency rental relief,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Immigrant Workers Often Exploited by Employers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With or without authorization to work in the U.S., many immigrant workers are often exploited by their employers. They are made to work overtime without additional remuneration. Often, immigrant workers are not paid their minimum hourly wage.<\/p>\n

The group also says all workers deserve at least $15 an hour. \u201cA lot of our members in our community earn $3 an hour if they\u2019re tip wagers. So, the minimum wage is $7.25 I believe. That\u2019s inexcusable. People can\u2019t live off that,\u201d Jimenez said.<\/p>\n

Biden Administration Immigrant Reform Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The White House<\/a> announced the new Bill on January 20, 2021. It includes a range of changes to the existing immigration system:<\/p>\n