Posted on 05/02/2010 5:23:06 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SANTA ANA - Residents and activists advocating for immigrants' rights marched through downtown Santa Ana Saturday afternoon to protest Arizona's new policy on illegal immigration.
The momentum of the rally picked up about noon, when 300 people representing SEIU Local 1877 came marching into the plaza from the group's office at 1200 N. Main St. Wearing purple shirts with the words "Justice for Janitors" written on them, demonstrators looped around a fountain outside City Hall before joining other attendees at the central gathering point.
Silvia Hernandez, an internal organizer with the union, said that many of those present are custodians at Disneyland or work nights cleaning some of Orange County's most prestigious offices.
She said they are here to urge President Obama and legislators to pass some sort of comprehensive immigration reform.
"They (legislators) work for us," she said. "It's about time that they do."
"We need to feel welcome, like other immigrants in the past. People have to remember that. They can't close the doors on us now."
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Unions = Obamanation
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