Thread: Group Rallies Downtown For Immigration Reform

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Group Rallies Downtown For Immigration Reform
Bishop Says Governors Should Keep American Dream Alive

POSTED: 6:09 pm CDT July 16, 2005
UPDATED: 6:26 pm CDT July 16, 2005

DES MOINES, Iowa -- About 100 people rallied Saturday about a block from the National Governors Association summer meeting to call for immigration reform.

Kirk Martin, of Catholic Charities, said the group is calling on the nation's governors to take action.

Participants wore white ribbons and carried signs in English and Spanish that read, "I am an immigrant not a criminal,'' and "We are here and we're not leaving.''

Bishop Gregory Palmer, of the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, said the governors should work to make America greater and to keep the American dream alive.

Participants wore white ribbons and carried signs in English and Spanish that read, "I am an immigrant not a criminal,'' and "We are here and we're not leaving.''

I have news for you.
If you are in the US without the proper authorization, you ARE a criminal.