National Day Laborer Organizing Network

The second approach was an organizing strategy that allowed day laborers to come together to have more political inclusion and be able to represent themselves in front of governmental officials, law enforcement, and local stakeholders.Two Los Angeles community-based organizations that helped in this historic movement were the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA).The second strategy was to build a relationship and reduce community conflict between the day laborers and residents and merchants.[3] These efforts emerged from the advocates to protect the rights of the day laborers to seek work in public spaces as under the First Amendment.Framing their rights under the First Amendment helped solve conflicts between the day laborers and the surrounding residents.
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