Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Hundreds rally in Fresno for immigration reform

Rallies all over the country are showing support for immigration reform. - - Donna Poisl

By Chris Collins / The Fresno Bee

As part of a nationwide effort to push immigration reform forward in Washington, D.C., hundreds of people from across the Central Valley gathered Sunday at a church in northwest Fresno to rally for the cause.

Organizers estimated that about 800 people -- some of them bused in from Merced, Modesto and Sacramento -- packed the air-conditioned gym of St. Anthony of Padua Parish. They listened to speakers who called for reform and from illegal immigrants who told stories of being separated from their families.
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