March to Atlanta focuses on reform
Religions join together to promote humane solution to illegal immigration

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By Ashley Fielding
afielding@gainesvilletimes.com
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A line of about 140 religious marchers — led by a Christian carrying a large cross and ending with a Buddhist monk chanting — walked through Gainesville on Sunday praying for the humane treatment of Georgia’s immigrant population.

Gainesville was the starting point for a Holy Week pilgrimage in which peace marchers will walk and pray through cities in Northeast Georgia and metro Atlanta where organizers say immigrants suffer.

Organizers are using the weeklong pilgrimage that started Sunday in Gainesville to call for the end of law enforcement raids that separate families, ask for humane immigration reform and the revision of trade policies that increase unauthorized immigration.

“We really hope that with this walk it will motivate the Latino community to unite and start working together with other communities to make it comfortable for everyone to enjoy the blessings of this country,â€