Immigration News Briefs
Vol. 10, No. 23 - September 16, 2007
1. Pro-Immigrant Rallies in DC, Wisconsin
2. Iowa: Egg Factory Raided Again
3. Nebraska: Tyson Workers Arrested
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1. Pro-Immigrant Rallies in DC, Wisconsin
On Sept. 12, some 150 activists (according to the Chicago Tribune) marched through the House of Representatives' Rayburn Office Building, chanting for an end to deportation raids. The protesters had arrived in buses from Chicago, New York, Rhode Island and elsewhere. Capitol police arrested two Puerto Rican activists from Chicago following a tussle near the office door of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, where demonstrators taped up a letter demanding she take action for immigrant rights. The two were charged with disorderly conduct and released. Pelosi was out of town. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/17/18448092.php
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