By Doug Cunningham

[Petra Velez]: “May Day is international labor day. That's why we celebrating the contribution of the working people. We're asking the politicians, you know, to support the immigrant workers."

Petra Velez is a New York City garment worker and heads the Executive Board of the New York metro area Joint Board of UNITE-HERE. In New York City UNITE-HERE is rallying today for immigrant worker rights.

[Velez 2]: “Some of the immigrants, you know, are here illegally and some of the immigrants are legal here. But sometimes they have no rights. They don't want to give them rights. And that's why we are fighting for them."