What is the Justice Journey?
This summer, SEIU is mobilizing union members, community leaders and people of faith in a Justice Journey leading to Louisiana, to demonstrate our continued rejection of the Trump administration’s unrelenting attacks on immigrants. We will shine a light on “detention alley” as one of the epicenters of where people are being detained.
Mahmoud Khalil was detained at a detention center in Jena. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was held in Louisiana before his illegal deportation to an infamous El Salvadoran prison. There are many, many more people that have been detained in or deported from these facilities, and while we may not know their names, their humanity is just as important.
The Justice Journey is rooted in the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. We are traveling through cities that were central to that fight, in direct response to the rising attacks on immigrant workers—violent ICE raids, military force in our streets, and arrests for simply speaking out and exercising our right to free speech. As we witnessed in Los Angeles, when SEIU USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocating for immigrant workers.
We affirm that workers are, and have always been, at the forefront of the fight for the soul of the nation.
This isn’t just about one president. It’s about billionaires and politicians who divide us to profit from our pain—ripping families apart to place them in for-profit ICE detention centers, while slashing our social safety net through cuts to programs like Medicaid.
Our demands are clear and urgent:
First, we demand an end to the brutal ICE raids terrorizing our neighborhoods and tearing families apart.
Second, we demand that the Trump administration release people from unjust detention and return them safely to their families and communities.
Third, we demand that our elected officials vote NO on the massive budget package, which pumps billions of dollars into the ICE terror machine, slashes taxes for billionaires, and rips healthcare away from millions—harming working people in the process.
No matter where—from the streets of our cities to Louisiana—we will be there because we don’t just stand with immigrants—we are a union of immigrants.