Immigrant advocates plan house parties for reform

By The Associated Press

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — Immigrant advocates will hold nearly 900 house parties in communities across the country to drum up support for an overhaul to the country's immigration system.

The events on Wednesday will include a teleconference with Congressman Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, who plans to introduce an immigration reform bill that would help undocumented immigrants gain legal status.

Jorge Mario Cabrera, a spokesman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, says the goal is to encourage conversations in local communities to help promote immigration reform.

Sixty house parties are planned for California and at least 52 are called for Illinois.

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