Mexican-American labor leader and union organizer Emma Tenayuca
was a leader of the Communist Party in San Antonio, Texas.
Every year, thousands of migrants attempt the journey to come to the U.S. because the trek is not as dangerous as their daily lives in their own home country.
The United States economy is entirely dependent on the work of immigrant and U.S.-born workers alike. All workers must work to survive.
Millions of people experience the realities of migration. The circumstances of exploitation, poverty and war that shape this reality and compel people to emigrate are created by the capitalist system itself.