A busload of immigrant rights supporters from the Greater Danbury area joined like-minded individuals who gathered in Washington to rally for immigration reform.
If FoxNews can claim that 30,000 teabaggers in Washington opposing the health care bill was a success for their cause, I guess 200,000 immigration reform supporters is a success for their cause.
More than 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall today to participate in March for America, a rally advocating comprehensive immigration reform.
Organized by Reform Immigration for America, the rally brought together groups from around the country — including Service Employees International Union, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Democracia Ahora and the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles — to send a message to lawmakers: “The time for immigration reform is now.”
President Obama delivered a message from the big screens in the crowd in which he assured the demonstrators of his commitment to passing comprehensive immigration reform.
Several lawmakers also spoke at the event, including Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), and several marchers had signs that read, “Luis Gutierrez for President.” Gutierrez, a leading advocate of immigration reform in the House, said, “If America has a problem it can’t solve, it blames immigrants. We’ve been patient long enough. … I know how you can get heard in the Capitol. You raise your voice. Our day is coming.”
With health care reform basically in the rear view mirror, hopefully Congress will tackle the issue of immigration reform. It's time is LONG overdue.
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