the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Apr 14, 2025
On March 27, ICE agents arrested a woman and three children near Sackets Harbor, New York.
Workers at the children’s school did not accept to see them disappeared. They mobilized through the teachers’ union and called state officials, federal representatives, advocacy groups—whoever they could think of, to try to get the family released.
When Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan defended ICE, the school principal released a statement to the press calling out Homan’s lies: “We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: They are not being ‘medically evaluated.’ They are not being ‘questioned as potential victims.’ Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is.”
The local Democratic Party jumped on the bandwagon and helped organize a demonstration to coincide with the rallies Democrats were organizing nationwide, aimed at pulling opposition to Trump’s policies behind themselves. This Sackets Harbor rally drew about 1000 people. Tom Homan has a house in town, and the demonstrators marched to it, shouting “bring them home.”
Less than two days later, ICE released the family, and on Wednesday morning, the kids were back at school.
The workers at this school showed that we can stand up for each other, and sometimes, even succeed. Whatever politicians try to take credit for our mobilizations, this is the only way to defend ourselves from the growing attacks and brutalization aimed at different parts of the working class, ultimately carried out by both parties.