As elected office holders and the American public debate what should be done to fix the US's immigration system, the anti-immigrant forces, led by the Minutemen, are mailing thousands of bricks (to "help" build a wall along the border) to members of Congress. These bricks are symbols of division, of isolation, and of an enforcement-only approach to immigration reform. Immigrant rights advocates plan to counter the anti-immigrant bricks with a symbol of the positive contributions that immigrants make to the U.S. -- work gloves.

Immigrant rights supporters are being encouraged to send a work glove to the Washington, DC offices of their local Senators and Representatives. The work glove could be coming from a person's garage, local hardware store, or place of employment, along with a letter urging them to support fair and just immigration reform. People who don't have a work glove can also order glove via Send-a-workglove.com.

The more gloves that are sent, the more people will show that they will not sit quietly by as talk radio hosts and anti-immigrant activists bombard members of Congress with bricks and letters calling for harsher enforcement of broken laws. The symbol of division will be countered with a symbol of one of our nation's "most respected" values: hard work. Organizers say that this campaign has to do with providing hard-working people who follow US laws with the opportunity to share in the "American dream." Read more

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