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Bosses’ Constitutional Rights are a Trojan Horse
LOS ANGELES (USA), August 23— “We workers have no one to defend us. We have to organize ourselves,” said Enrique, a comrade immigrant steelworker, after participating in a demonstration against ICE raids.
On August 6, federal government kidnappers detained approximately sixteen day-laborers at Home Depot (a construction materials store) in Los Angeles. That same day, several workers were also kidnapped in Van Nuys and San Bernardino.
The operation was dubbed “Trojan Horse.” A military tactic, invading by deception, on a battlefield. The rulers have declared war on immigrant workers.
“For the bosses who support the actions of the federal government, it was a victory. They once again sowed terror in the city,” Enrique stated angrily.
This happened several days after a federal appeals court judge placed temporary restrictions on these racist and inhumane detentions by federal agents.
These kidnappings, according to the restriction, should not be based on skin color, language, or where they know there are more immigrants.
Enrique made a comparison: “But we workers shouldn’t trust their laws, which are like putting a wolf in charge of the sheep.”
Several community organizations that are the active arm of the Democratic Party, such as CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights – LA), praised this temporary victory.
It’s a legalistic fight, based on interpretations of the IV Amendment of the US Constitution, which forbids “unreasonable searches and seizures.” It’s a legalistic tactic—a Trojan Horse — to disarm the working class.
We workers shouldn’t dream about salvation coming from above, from the wealthy class in power.
A coalition called a protest for Saturday, August 9, to boycott Home Depot. But no organization with many members showed up.
Five members of ICWP brought communist ideas to this protest. They widely distributed Red Flag. Many, especially young people in the groups, received it eagerly.
Participants shouted, “Migra and police, the same filth,” among other things. A woman in a police costume mocked the ICE (Migra) agents.
They marched along an avenue. Along the way, comrades continued distributing Red Flag to pedestrians and drivers, including several MTA bus drivers.
It was evident in this protest that neither local nor federal authorities are on the side of the workers. The judicial forces, police, and immigration agents uphold the defense of capitalism. They are the bosses’ enforcers in maintaining the system of wage slavery.
In communism, there will be no repressive forces to ensure the profits of specific individuals.
There will be no one to defend the theft of the fruit of our labor power. Everything produced by workers worldwide will be distributed according to the specific needs of the people of each city, town, or village.
And in communism there will be no nations and no borders.
Immigration: A Front Line in the Class Struggle
Immigration is not just a “border issue.” It is a front line in the struggle between the working class and the capitalist class, and it is directly tied to the US drive toward imperialist war.
The ruling class uses anti-immigrant propaganda to divide workers at home and prepare for capitalist wars abroad. Scapegoating immigrants isn’t random. It’s a tool to create the false sense of “national unity” they need when they want us to fight and die for their profits.
Think about the world we live in now: militarized borders, domestic surveillance, detention centers, and mass deportations. These are not just attacks on immigrants. They are test runs for broader repression. The same police, surveillance, and military infrastructure that terrorizes immigrants today can and will be turned against all workers tomorrow. This is how fascist repression grows—and how the war machine is built.
ICWP is fighting for a world without borders and for communism, where no worker is criminalized for where they were born and the entire working class unites against imperialist wars and capitalist exploitation.
On the weekend of the No Kings marches, a friend called to tell me about one near me. I attended. When I saw her next, she smiled and said, “I knew you’d go,” because she knows I’m a communist. She went on to tell me about how a lady that usually sells flowers on a corner is no longer there.
In the following weeks, I was hearing almost daily how ICE raids were personally affecting people I work with. One young man told me he quit his job because he was afraid. His family was also afraid for him. He has anxiety and became so fearful that he stopped leaving his home.
Another friend shared that she is a US citizen, but growing up as the darkest-skinned person in her family left her with shame and fear. Now, she worried that her darker skin as a Mexican woman would make her a target in these raids. These stories show how deeply this repression touches people’s lives.
But we also know history. Immigrant struggles have often sparked broader working-class movements. When immigrant workers fight back, it inspires solidarity, and it challenges the system at its weakest point.
We should discuss how anti-immigrant propaganda and policies are connected to US war preparations abroad. How the criminalization and repression of immigrants lay the foundation for fascism and imperialist war. And most importantly, what practical steps we can take in the next months to support immigrant workers and oppose this wave of repression.
Turning theory into practice. Defending immigrants and building solidarity is defending the working class—and it’s a step toward dismantling the system that creates war, borders, and exploitation in the first place.
—Comrade N
Pamphlet: Fight for the Day when No Worker Will Be Called Foreigner: here