How Undocumented Immigrants Are Making Their Voices Heard

 Marchers pass next to the 101 freeway, on their way to the Metropolitan Detention Center during one a several May Day immigration-themed events on May 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

Michelle Chen, a contributing writer to The Nation, contributing editor at In These Times and Dissent magazine, discusses her recent article for The Nation, “Undocumented Immigrants Can't Vote, but They're Still Making Their Voices Heard.” Chen reveals how even without citizenship, undocumented immigrants influence our democracy through participation at schools, in churches, and by influencing family and friends who are able to vote.