Thread: Thousands Rally Nationwide in Support of an Immigration Overhaul

Are the major TV and Cable news channels broadcasting reports of these? They did that five years ago and the whole thing backfired on the amnesty supporters.

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I only saw one little local new story about any of this on TV.

The story has changed on the second page of the Times link above:

In Minneapolis, more than 1,000 demonstrators marched from the Roman Catholic basilica near the center of the city, led by dancers in the feathered garb of ancient Aztec Indians of Mexico. Although many said they were undocumented immigrants, they showed little fear of protesting in public.
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Evan McGlinn for The New York Times
The demonstrations come when few lawmakers on Capitol Hill are focused on immigration. But a large rally has been planned for Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington.




Nicole Erdmann, 37, a United States citizen, marched with her Mexican-born husband, Hector Reyes, 51, and a daughter in a stroller. She said Mr. Reyes had been unable to obtain a legal visa under current laws. Ms. Erdmann’s ire was focused on Mr. Obama, who she said failed to deliver on his promises to push through an overhaul.


She said she worried Mr. Reyes would lose his job or be detained. “We’re scared,” Ms. Erdmann said.


In New York, advocates rallied, in an upbeat mood, in Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn and then marched over the Brooklyn Bridge. Bill de Blasio, a Democrat who is the front-runner in the mayoral race, spoke as his wife, Chirlane McCray, stood beside him.


He said New York had a “special obligation” to push Congress for a path to citizenship for immigrants without legal status. “We have to set the example here of how to include all of our brothers and sisters even if they’re not documented,” Mr. de Blasio said.


On Wednesday, Democrats in the House of Representatives, at the urging of the minority leader, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, introduced a bill that closely matched broad bipartisan legislation passed by the Senate in June, including a path to citizenship for most of an estimated 11.7 million immigrants in the country illegally.


The House bill had no Republican sponsors, so its prospects were uncertain at best. But it gave advocates something to rally around, after a bipartisan House group’s efforts to write legislation fell apart last month.


Several House Republican leaders, including Representative Robert W. Goodlatte of Virginia, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, have said they hoped to hold votes on smaller immigration bills during the fall.


Mr. Goodlatte’s committee has approved bills that would sharply tighten immigration enforcement and provide more visas for highly skilled workers, but no bill so far that offers a legal pathway to immigrants here illegally.


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Reporting was contributed by Jess Bidgood from Boston, Christina Cappecchi from Minneapolis, Rob Davis from San Diego, and Kirk Semple from New York.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:




Correction: October 5, 2013


An earlier version of this article misstated the location of a demonstration. It was in Rogers, Ark., not Little Rock, Ark. An earlier version also incorrectly stated that a rally had been held Saturday in Omaha, Neb. That rally was postponed.


Guess it was too cold and windy for them in Omaha. We did not have a nice weather day in Nebraska yesterday.

The biggest change in the article was about support of the immigration bill.

The first article says:

Supporters contend there is already enough support in the House, between Republicans and Democrats, to pass a comprehensive bill including citizenship for unauthorized immigrants, if the speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, would bring it up for a vote.

The changed article reads:

The House bill had no Republican sponsors, so its prospects were uncertain at best.