In an op-ed yesterday on The Huffington Post, SEIU International Executive VP Gerry Hudson asked the African-American community to remember the struggles that bring Afro-immigrants to America:
"Haiti's catastrophic earthquake should remind all of us that it's these kinds of tragic circumstances that move immigrants to seek hope and refuge in America.
"For years, Haitians and other Afro-immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean have sought and will continue to seek refuge from civil war, political and religious prosecution, and social and economic injustice. African Americans should be especially mindful of the mistruths and divisiveness that anti-immigration advocates will use to block any type of immigration reform that would actually help uplift our communities.
[...] "At such a critical moment in our nation's economic recovery, however, we cannot afford to be politically divided from our immigrant brothers and sisters. We have to work together to secure a stronger economic future for our own prosperity, better jobs, fair wages, and ultimately, better futures for our families."
