Corporations and governments have tried to control and intimidate working people for generations by exploiting our immigration status. Local 11 members help each other enforce our rights at work and in the community.

The fundamental protections in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to EVERY PERSON, regardless of immigration status.

  • Police/ICE can go up to anyone and ask questions about anything.
  • Responding to those questions is “consensual.”
  • Answering questions can create “reasonable suspicion” or “probable cause” that the law is being violated, thus leading to potential detention or arrest for the person who is being questioned or others around them.

Taking Back MacArthur Park

On August 12, 2025 UNITE HERE Local 11 and union and community allies took back MacArthur Park following the military-style immigration raid that happened there a few weeks back. The labor movement and its allies are taking back the city and reclaiming it as our own LA is a union town!

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Tips for responding to ICE deportation raids

IRIS ACOSTA

Iris Acosta is a housekeeper at the W WestBeverly Hills. She is knocking on doors in Arizona for Kamala Harris and to defeat Trump! Thank you, Iris.

DINA PAREDES

Meet Dina Paredes, a housekeeper from the Alsace Hotel who went on strike last year and is now knocking on doors in Phoenix, Arizona to win the presidency for Kamala Harris. Way to go, Dina!

Dina Paredes

Dina Paredes works at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. A native of El Salvador and mother of two US citizen kids, she has lived in this country for more than 20 years and is a recipient of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Dina went to canvass to Arizona durong the 2020 presidential election to fight for her family and for all working immigrant women struggling to make ends meet.

IRIS ACOSTA