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Communities Renew Call for Immigration Reform

IMC-US, 01.09.2006

Close to a dozen cities will celebrate Labor Day Weekend & the beginning of fall with a week of demonstrations calling for fair and comprehensive immigration policy reform, and respect for all workers.

Planned mobilizations include:
» Labor Day Weekend in Chicago: the "March 10 Movement," will march from downtown Chicago to US House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in Batavia.
» Sept. 2 in Los Angeles: a "Gran Marcha Laboral" organized by the "March 25 Coalition."
» Sept. 3 in Portland: A "Labor Day" demonstration organized by the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition.
» Sept. 4 in Minneapolis/St. Paul: a Labor Day march and rally at Castillo Park
» Sept. 4 in the San Francisco Bay area: several marches will convene, including a central one organized by the Regional Unity Coalition, and simultaneous marches in Oakland, Fresno and San Jose.
» Sept. 7 in Washington, DC: hundreds of thousands from the eastern US will gather on the National Mall to tell Congress to get back to work on tabled reform measures.

Events are also reportedly planned in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Phoenix, AZ. According to the We Are America Alliance, organizers expect the mobilizations to attract a million people, cumulatively.

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National Links: US-IMC Immigrant Rights Coverage Archive | National Day Laborers Organizing Network | We Are America Alliance | Immigrant Solidarity Network | National Network on Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) | Border Angels | Delete the Border







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