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Rocío Sáenz

@seiusaenz

Secretary Treasurer of Service Employees International Union, Fighting for immigration reform and workers rights

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DYK? Some universities are flying their athletes with the same charter companies that also contract with ICE to deport people.

Tell your school to commit to not using ICE-contracted charter flights for #MarchMadness or any event: iAmerica.org/MarchMadness #DeICEflights

09.03.2026 17:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Tell your representative to protect Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) This is urgent and the stakes have been deadly. Just recently, four Haitian women deported from Puerto Rico were later found decapitated. These are the real-life consequences of an administration…

Stripping our Haitian union siblings of their work permits and deportation protections isn't just an attack on immigrant workers and families, it's an attack on an economy that depends on their labor and leadership.

Join me in taking action to extend Haitian TPS: act.seiu.org/a/haiti-tps-...

07.03.2026 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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STATEMENTS: Broad Coalition of Immigrant Service Organizations and Labor Unions File Lawsuit to Block Trump-Vance Administration Policies Targeting Immigrants Based on Country of Origin Providence, R.I. — A coalition of immigrant service organizations and labor unions filed a lawsuit today challenging a series of sweeping new policies by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…

SEIU is suing to block the Trump admin's policies targeting immigrants based on country of origin.

This latest attack is a racist and discriminatory assault on all working people. This is not about security but rather exclusion.

My full statement: democracyforward.org/news/press-r...

06.03.2026 21:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When we fight, we win!

06.03.2026 20:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Minnesota and the Threat of American Authoritarianism "This fight is not just about protecting immigrants—it is about protecting American democracy," writes Kica Matos.

"In Minneapolis, they started with immigrants and Somali families. Then, they targeted protesters... Eventually, it will be anyone and everyone who dares to resist." -Kica Matos, @nilc.org president
time.com/7362221/minn...

06.02.2026 16:15 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Labor Unions Can’t Ignore ICE From agriculture to meatpacking to service work, immigration enforcement functions as labor discipline. Minnesota’s mass strike against ICE points toward a reckoning with the agency that the labor…

ICE’s actions harm every one of us. Its presence spreads fear, keeps working people from showing up to their jobs or running daily errands, and drives down wages for all Americans.

And that is why we cannot ignore it and refuse to look away. #ICEout
jacobin.com/2026/01/minn...

05.02.2026 23:28 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

✅ Done. Join me in solidarity with Starbucks baristas!

#DeleteTheApp

04.02.2026 17:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A century of Black history reminds us that today’s fights for fair wages, worker protections, and equity were won through generations of organizing and resistance.

Now, as those gains are threatened, we carry that collective power forward. #BlackHistoryMonth

04.02.2026 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the…

Maria, a @seiu503.bsky.social member, was doing what millions of us do every day—paying rent & picking up a birthday cake for someone she loves.

No one, no matter our immigration status, should be harmed by immigration agents for going about our daily life.
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

03.02.2026 20:27 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

When we fight, we win! 👏
#TPSjustice

03.02.2026 20:23 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Our historic new contract at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw is official – nurses overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify! Our new contract will support recruitment at retention at our critical access hospital, keep ourselves and our patients safe, and expand access to education.

02.02.2026 18:19 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Federal judge blocks termination of Haitian TPS, keeps protections from ending Tuesday “The district court judge stayed the termination of TPS and plainly stated that the government may not remove or deport Haitians with TPS and may take no action to remove their employment authorizatio...

BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS for Haiti. This means that 350,000 Haitians can keep working, contributing, & remain with their families in the US for now. A big win, but the fight for permanent protections isn’t over. amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

03.02.2026 04:23 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Two days until Temporary Protected Status for Haiti expires! For "Jerome" and countless families who’ve built their lives here, this means losing income and possible family separation. Over 260,000 U.S. citizen children live with TPS holders.

Take action! Call Congress: 1-888-204-8329 #TPSjustice

02.02.2026 18:42 👍 37 🔁 24 💬 3 📌 1
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Email your senators: No more funding for ICE Any day now, your senators will vote on a bill that would increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the very agency responsible for this deadly deportation agenda and for…

🚨No more funding for ICE! Soon, your senators will vote on a bill that would increase funding for DHS, the very agency responsible for this deadly deportation agenda & for seemingly refusing to hold its agents accountable for abuse.

Tell your senators to vote NO: iAmerica.org/emailsenators

27.01.2026 22:09 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Envía un correo electrónico a tus senadores: No más fondos para ICE Uno de estos días en esta semana, sus senadores votarán sobre un proyecto de ley que aumentaría la financiación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS). Diles a tus senadores que voten NO.

🚨¡No más fondos para ICE! Uno de estos días en esta semana, sus senadores votarán sobre un proyecto de ley que aumentaría la financiación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS). Diles a tus senadores que voten NO. Envíe un correo electrónico: act.seiu.org/a/email-your...

28.01.2026 16:29 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Congress must step up for immigrant workers. If not for us — working people — then for hospital patients, our aging loved ones in care homes, and everyone who depends on us.

26.01.2026 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by Pr...

Heartbroken & angry. As Minnesotans continue to peacefully stand up as families getting torn apart, ANOTHER Minnesotan was stolen from us today by ICE agents. Alex was a union member, a nurse & loved by many. We're sending ❤️ to all who knew & loved him. This has to stop. #ICEOutOfMN

24.01.2026 21:55 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1

Asked what he’ll do when his Temporary Protected Status (TPS) expires next month:

“I don't know, I don't know... Because I have mortgage, I have car loan … and my children in college.”

#TPSjustice #WeMakeAmericaWork
ttps://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/21/congress-haitians-pressley-boston-tps-trump

26.01.2026 15:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide Minnesotans urged not to work, shop or go to school as part of protests against ICE and the death of Renee Nicole Good

“When we look at Minneapolis – the violence, the cruelty that’s being brought by this federal government against working people – it is now more than ever that we have to stand together, regardless of our differences.” @davidhuerta-seiu.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

25.01.2026 16:45 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t look away. Look at his little hat. Look at that backpack half his size.

El pequeño Liam is a child who is loved and should be with his parents at home. This cannot continue in our name.
abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-as...

24.01.2026 20:15 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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24.01.2026 18:09 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Our message today in MN and across the country is clear: #ICEout!

23.01.2026 22:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People showed up today in Portland to say loud and clear: ICE does not belong in our workplaces. Union members and community allies took action at Target to demand 4th Amendment workplaces—where workers are protected, unlawful entry is denied, and dignity on the job is non-negotiable. #ICEout

23.01.2026 21:22 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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As thousands march through the streets of Los Angeles, clergy lead chants of #ICEOUT of LA!

23.01.2026 21:33 👍 575 🔁 155 💬 5 📌 6
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Honored to be at the AFL Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference and to meet Rev. Mark Thompson along with panelist, former Maryland State Senator Michael Mitchell.

Grateful for the conversations and the legacy being carried forward. ✊🏾✨

#MLK2026

16.01.2026 15:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our hearts go out to the families and union siblings of two SEIU Local 1989 workers who lost their lives on the job. Every worker deserves to return home safely at the end of the day. We honor them by committing ourselves to the fight for safer workplaces.

14.01.2026 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the teens raising money to help classmates with parents in immigration detention The DREAM Team at Solorio High School on the Southwest Side has collected more than $6,000 for their classmates. The student club has historically worked on college access but expanded its focus to…

These high school teens raised money to help their classmates whose parents were detained by ICE. We keep fighting because our future is too bright to stop! www.wbez.org/education/20...

12.01.2026 21:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.

"Immigration has woven itself so tightly through the country’s fabric—in classrooms and hospital wards, city parks and concert halls, corporate boardrooms and factory floors—that walling off the country now will profoundly alter daily life for millions of Americans." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...

12.01.2026 15:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our Haitian coworkers and family members are vital to our everyday lives. Forcing them back to a country our own State Dept calls unsafe is cruel and will harm families, workplaces, and the economy. We demand permanent protections now! #TPSjustice www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

10.01.2026 21:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starbucks baristas are still on a ULP strike. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union-busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks

09.01.2026 21:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0