"Open Borders exists as a popular sentiment and an unspoken ideal among immigrant rights activists and segments of the labor movement. It is expressed in the widely used slogan sin fronteras (without borders), and the massive demonstrations of 2006 saw the appearance of a new motto, No person is illegal, a phrase that suggests that we should reject the inhumane laws that govern borders and migration policy. Many of us feel that borders and walls, midnight raids on homes, and roundups at workplaces are immoral and unjust.The idea of Open Borders arose through cross-border organizations and international solidarity movements that, since the 1970s, have reached across national frontiers to join hands with unions, women's groups, and environmental organizations abroad. Labor unionists speak of our “sisters and brothers” in other countries to indicate that workers are part of the same family of international labor - a movement without borders. We see the slogan of Open Borders begin to take shape as a strategic conception, an alternate global route to worker power and a more just world."

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