Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)’s Immigrant Justice Program and CAAAV’s Women Workers Project (WWP) in New York City have joined together to conduct a community documentation project to show how Asian low-income immigrant workers are affected by unfair immigration policies and practices.

DRUM’s Immigrant Justice Program builds the power of low-income immigrants to end rising detention, deportation and abuse of immigrant detainees, and to end anti-immigrant policies of the Department of Homeland Security. As New York City’s economy increasingly relies on the exploited labor of undocumented immigrant service workers, CAAAV’s Women Workers Project seeks to develop leadership among and create spaces for Asian women working in these sectors to unite with other immigrant workers to fight sweatshop conditions and build power for all low-wage workers City-wide. Women Workers Project also mobilizes Asian women workers to oppose racist immigration practices that tear communities apart, and promotes policies supporting human rights and dignity for all. (more…)