Protesters are demonstrating in front of the Target Store at 900 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis to ask Target Stores whether they stand with or against immigrant families.
Earlier this summer it was revealed that Target Store executives donated $150,000 in corporate money to the MN Forward PAC, which supports Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.
Emmer supports Arizona’s anti-immigrant law and legislation such as English-only bills. In 2007, he voted against the Minnesota DREAM Act, which would have allowed students who came to the state as the children of undocumented immigrants and graduated from Minnesota high schools to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.
In 2006, Emmer authored legislation that would pre-natal care to immigrant mothers.
“Target has sought the business of immigrant families across this state – and many of its profits come from the very people Tom Emmer has targeted throughout his career,” said SEIU Local 26 President Javier Morillo. “We will rally outside of Target on Thursday with a simple message: Corporations who seek the business of immigrant families and then support anti-immigrant politicians will not be tolerated.”
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Protesters are demonstrating in front of the Target Store at 900 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis to ask Target Stores whether they stand with or against immigrant families.
Earlier this summer it was revealed that Target Store executives donated $150,000 in corporate money to the MN Forward PAC, which supports Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.
Emmer supports Arizona’s anti-immigrant law and legislation such as English-only bills. In 2007, he voted against the Minnesota DREAM Act, which would have allowed students who came to the state as the children of undocumented immigrants and graduated from Minnesota high schools to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.
In 2006, Emmer authored legislation that would pre-natal care to immigrant mothers.
“Target has sought the business of immigrant families across this state – and many of its profits come from the very people Tom Emmer has targeted throughout his career,” said SEIU Local 26 President Javier Morillo. “We will rally outside of Target on Thursday with a simple message: Corporations who seek the business of immigrant families and then support anti-immigrant politicians will not be tolerated.”