http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/9065/1/320

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Jose Artemio Arrellano, a suburban school janitor and SEIU member and a key organizer of Chicago’s May 1 action, urged youth to go to school, pursue a college education, get involved in the community and learn how to change the system.

“Register and vote,” he said, “and demonstrate to the electoral process our strength, numbers and power. The future is in your hands.”

With recent polls showing that registered voters are rejecting Republicans and their agenda by a 15 percent margin, the immigrant rights upsurge could tip the balance in this November’s congressional races.