Results 1 to 3 of 3
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Threaded View
-
05-01-2009, 07:19 PM #1
5,000 rally in Detroit for immigrant rights
5,000 rally in Detroit for immigrant rights
By Niraj Warikoo • Free Press Staff Writer • May 1, 2009
Read Comments(23)Recommend(2)Print this page E-mail this article
Waving Mexican and U.S. flags, thousands of immigrants and their supporters rallied in southwest Detroit today for immigrant rights.
Rally organizers called for comprehensive immigration reform that would offer a path to citizenship for legal and illegal immigrants, and for an end to deportations that they say separate families.
Over the past four years, the number of deportations in Michigan and across the U.S. has sharply increased.
For fiscal year 2008, 7,514 illegal immigrants in Michigan and Ohio were deported, compared to 4,144 in fiscal year 2007, an 81 percent increase. Compared to 2005, when 2,243 illegal immigrants were deported, that’s a 235 percent increase.
The rally started at Patton Park and ended at Clark Park in the heart of the Mexican-American community. Ralliers held up placards that read “Stop the Raids,â€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
Non-Citizens Are Illegally Registering to Vote Ahead of November...
05-16-2024, 08:50 AM in Non-Citizen & illegal migrant voters