Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham and Secretary-Treasurer Brad Lehto made the following statement on President Trump’s executive orders on immigration:
“President Trump’s executive orders attacking immigrant workers and their families are this new administration’s first attempt to distract and divide the working people our nation depends on.
“Trump and his billionaire friends are counting on workers to turn on one another while they cut their own taxes, gut worker safety standards, roll back union rights, and more. Every worker should remember that an immigrant doesn't stand between you and a better life – a billionaire does.
"In the Labor Movement, we believe an injury to one is an injury to all and that solidarity is a verb. We will stand with all workers who are under attack – whether they’re native born, immigrant, black, white, brown, rural, or urban. Our unity is our strength.”