Comments on Chicago's massive immigration rally and march
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Mon, May. 01, 2006
Comments on Chicago's massive immigration rally and march
Associated Press
CHICAGO - Here are the comments from people who spoke at or commented on Chicago's massive immigration rally and march on Monday:
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"There are those who are threatened because they see the world economy is moving forward and they're legitimately having concerns about their jobs. We have to reach out to those folks and explain to them that our future will be better together than divided." - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaking at the morning rally at Union Park.
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"We will not rest until the Congress of the United States hands a piece of legislation to the president guaranteeing a pathway to legalization for the 11 to 12 million undocumented workers of this country." - U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaking at the Grant Park rally on a stage flanked by dozens of international flags.
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"Our plans are to work and pay taxes so the illegals will have free health care and education." - Rosanna Pulido, state director of the Illinois Minuteman Project, on the group members' plans for the day. It's an offshoot of a national group that uses volunteer civilians to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border for illegal immigrants.
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"We are a nation largely made up of immigrants. And yet we need immigration reform. Current immigration policies are unfair, unjust, hurt our families and diminish the greatness of this country." - Rick Garcia, public policy director of Equality Illinois, a statewide gay and lesbian civil rights organization.
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"This is a hot issue - a lot of divided feelings. On the one hand, you see a lot of big rallies; on the other hand, every congressman has a lot of mail" opposing immigration reform. - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., in a phone interview. His district includes the heavily Hispanic city of Waukegan, north of Chicago.
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Comprehensive immigration reform would "provide a genuine welcome to those who now unfortunately remain strangers in our midst - although they are our friends and our neighbors." - Cardinal Francis George of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, who spoke partly in Spanish to the crowd at the Grant Park rally.
Mon, May. 01, 2006
Comments on Chicago's massive immigration rally and march
Associated Press
CHICAGO - Here are the comments from people who spoke at or commented on Chicago's massive immigration rally and march on Monday:
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"There are those who are threatened because they see the world economy is moving forward and they're legitimately having concerns about their jobs. We have to reach out to those folks and explain to them that our future will be better together than divided." - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaking at the morning rally at Union Park.
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"We will not rest until the Congress of the United States hands a piece of legislation to the president guaranteeing a pathway to legalization for the 11 to 12 million undocumented workers of this country." - U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaking at the Grant Park rally on a stage flanked by dozens of international flags.
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"Our plans are to work and pay taxes so the illegals will have free health care and education." - Rosanna Pulido, state director of the Illinois Minuteman Project, on the group members' plans for the day. It's an offshoot of a national group that uses volunteer civilians to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border for illegal immigrants.
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"We are a nation largely made up of immigrants. And yet we need immigration reform. Current immigration policies are unfair, unjust, hurt our families and diminish the greatness of this country." - Rick Garcia, public policy director of Equality Illinois, a statewide gay and lesbian civil rights organization.
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"This is a hot issue - a lot of divided feelings. On the one hand, you see a lot of big rallies; on the other hand, every congressman has a lot of mail" opposing immigration reform. - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., in a phone interview. His district includes the heavily Hispanic city of Waukegan, north of Chicago.
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Comprehensive immigration reform would "provide a genuine welcome to those who now unfortunately remain strangers in our midst - although they are our friends and our neighbors." - Cardinal Francis George of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, who spoke partly in Spanish to the crowd at the Grant Park rally.
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