Monday, January 18, 2010

Immigration rally invokes Martin Luther King Jr.

People wanting immigration reform are quoting Dr. King's message and calling for reform this year. - - Donna Poisl

'THIS IS THE YEAR' | Calls for reform echo in church where he preached

BY STEFANO ESPOSITO, Staff Reporter

With zeal befitting a church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, Rep. Luis Gutierrez told 1,200 people jammed into First Baptist Congregational Church on the West Side on Saturday that America can no longer put meaningful immigration reform on hold.

Gutierrez -- pushing his own immigration reform bill -- said Latinos didn't turn out in droves to support then-Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama only to see his administration "be the administration that's deported more people than the last administration."
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