Thousands Rally for Fair Immigration Reform

Workers joined thousands of immigration activists and religious leaders for a prayer service, march and rally to the White House yesterday in support of humane immigration reform. Banners, flyers, pictures, live music, and chants filled the halls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, the site of the prayer service. The Bible “teaches us to feed the hungry, give drinks to the thirsty, give clothes to the poor, and to welcome strangers,” said Reverend Moses. After the service, thousands marched down 16th Street in the blistering heat to the White House to demand justice for immigrant workers and their families. “The struggle of immigration is the struggle of the soul of America,” said Angelica Salas, of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. The event was co-sponsored by the Fair Immigrant Rights Movement and the National Capital Immigrant Coalition.
-Reported by Slgi Choi; photos by Andy Richards