Jewish Community Action's message to Governor Dayton.

On Sunday, March 27th, 250 people gathered together for Jewish Community Action's 9th Annual Immigrant Freedom Seder.

The Seder brings people together from diverse backgrounds to share the story of Passover and its message of freedom.

This year's seder commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire drawing on the connections to past and present immigrant and worker struggles, and the search for justice as it continues today.

The following is a message to the governor to express our support for immigrant and workers' rights:

Greetings Governor Dayton,
We are greeting you today from multiple communities at Jewish Community Action's 9th Annual Immigrant Freedom Seder; we are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Native American, Buddhist, Hindu and more. We are black, white, Asian, Indigenous, Latino and more. We are workers, employees and employers. We are immigrants and we were born here. We are Minnesota. We want to let you know that we support immigrants' and workers' rights. We oppose any bills in the state legislature that will harm immigrants and workers. We oppose English only laws and laws that profile people based on the color of their skin. We oppose the elimination and reduction of collective bargaining and changes to workers compensation and safety rules. We ask that you support immigrants' rights and humane federal immigration reform instead of state level, enforcement heavy policies. We ask you to support workers' rights and legislation that affirms and respects the dignity and rights of workers. We are Minnesota.

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