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CL please ping the Illinois Freepers, the bus could be headed their way.The Chgo Trib is one we are not suppose to post, so I will post exerpts from the paper about the March:

9-28
`Freedom ride' seeks new rights for immigrants
By William Grady

Thousands gathered in downtown Chicago on Saturday to cheer as about 180 Chicago-area residents set off on a nationwide "freedom ride" for immigrant workers that is intended to echo the civil-rights movement of the 1960s.

Three of the four buses from Chicago left for Michigan on a relatively direct trip to Washington and New York City. The fourth bus will wind its way through Illinois, with stops in Rockford, Springfield, Carbondale and other Downstate cities before turning east.

Graciela Contreras, a coordinator for Hispanic ministry for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
(Shows the Catholics are backing this)

many representing unions and community and religious groups--who plan to join in meetings Wednesday and Thursday with members of Congress and a rally next Saturday in New York.(more backers)

The freedom ride is part of a nationwide campaign begun by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union to promote the legalization of undocumented workers
(THIS says it all! How does one join a union if they are ILLEGAL?!)

In Chicago, the rally at the Federal Plaza in the Loop attracted people from unions and groups such as ACORN, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and the Illinois Hunger Coalition. It also featured politicians such as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Illinois Senate President Emil Jones (D-Chicago) and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White.
(2 more for the SELLOUT list!) Acorn ran the streets of downtown Chgo. Saturday with their little yello signs!)

"It's time that we fix our broken immigration laws," said Dan Schlademan, a vice president and organizing director of the Service Employees International, whose members include the janitors who clean buildings in Chicago and the suburbs. "They pay taxes. They're here because they want to take care of their families and there's nothing wrong with that."

A small group of counter-demonstrators, one carrying a flag with a swastika, protested from across Dearborn Street.

TaDA!