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Comprehensive coverage of the Minnesota riders participating in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, from preparations, rider profiles and departure, through stops along the way and the final events in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Exhausted but exhilarated, Minnesotans who participated in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride returned home after a weeklong trip that took them across the United States to advocate for immigration reform.
Oct. 3: Riders draw growing media attention
Oct. 2: Lobbying and marching in Washington, D.C.
Oct. 2: Lobbying Congress for immigration reform
Oct. 2: Letter home from Washington
Oct.
Oct. 5: Final letter home
Oct. 4: Crowd of 150,000 celebrates America’s immigration legacy
Oct. 3: Bus driver enjoys being part of ‘spiritual process’
Oct. 3: Gathering near the Statue of Liberty
Oct.
Media coverage, Oct. 5, 2003
Immigrants Rally in City, Seeking Rights, New York Times
Thousands at Queens rally seek immigrant rights, Newsday
Immigrant workers rally in NYC and demand changes, Boston Globe
Editorial: New freedom ride calls to mind some parallels, San Antonio Express-News
Letter to the editor: Indianapolis Star, Illegal immigrants don’t deserve a ‘ride’
Letter to the editor: Indianapolis Star, Honest, fair reporting on the Freedom Ride
Immigrants’ tour ends in massive rally
A record crowd closes out the freedom ride — but immigrant rights groups say their work is just beginning, Miami Herald
Media coverage, Oct. 4, 2003
10,000 rally for immigrants rights in New York, Associated Press
Driving home their desire for freedom, Newark Star-Ledger online pharmacy zyprexa for sale no prescription pharmacy
Media coverage, Oct. 3, 2003
Immigrants End ‘Ride’ With Pleas on Hill, Washington Post
Freedom Riders rally in D.C. park for immigration reforms, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Media coverage, Oct. 2, 2003
Immigrant freedom riders hit D.C., U Wire
Media coverage of the Freedom Ride en route from Minnesota
Immigrant workers seek dignity, respect for all
‘Freedom riders’ speak out in Indy en route to NYC, Indianapolis Star, Sept.
Immigrants Rally in City, Seeking Rights, New York Times
Thousands at Queens rally seek immigrant rights, Newsday
Immigrant workers rally in NYC and demand changes, Boston Globe
Editorial: New freedom ride calls to mind some parallels, San Antonio Express-News
Letter to the editor: Indianapolis Star, Illegal immigrants don’t deserve a ‘ride’
Letter to the editor: Indianapolis Star, Honest, fair reporting on the Freedom Ride
Immigrants’ tour ends in massive rally
A record crowd closes out the freedom ride — but immigrant rights groups say their work is just beginning, Miami Herald
Immigrants Rally in City, Seeking Rights
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
New York Times
Tens of thousands of immigrants rallied in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens yesterday with the hope of promoting an immigrants’ rights movement that will capture the nation’s conscience the way the 1960’s civil rights movement did. Coming from Mexico, China, Haiti and many other countries, the immigrants are seeking to persuade lawmakers in Washington to, among other things, grant legal status to more than 8 million immigrants. “America is a land of immigrants; it was built by immigrants,” said Roger Toussaint, an immigrant from Trinidad who is president of New York City’s Transport Workers Union. “The justice that was extended to the immigrants of the past should be extended to the immigrants of today.” Organizers estimated that about 100,000 immigrants and their supporters crowded into the park, where they rallied alongside the giant steel globe, known as the Unisphere, that was the symbol of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair.
10,000 rally for immigrants rights in New York, Associated Press
Driving home their desire for freedom, Newark Star-Ledger
10,000 rally for immigrants rights in New York
Associated Press
This article was printed in USA Today, the Star Tribune and other newspapers
NEW YORK (AP) ? Tens of thousands of immigrants and labor activists staged a rally Saturday for better treatment of the nation’s immigrants, topping off a two-week-long bus odyssey around the country. Cardinal Edward Egan told the largely Hispanic crowd that the millions of undocumented workers in the United States “are all sons and daughters of one Father in heaven.” “We cannot go on simply ignoring or tolerating the plight of these brothers and sisters of ours,” Egan said. The demonstrators seek the legalization of undocumented workers, better working conditions and the reunification of families.
Immigrants End ‘Ride’ With Pleas on Hill, Washington Post online pharmacy buy cenforce no prescription
Freedom Riders rally in D.C. park for immigration reforms, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Immigrants End ‘Ride’ With Pleas on Hill
By Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post
Like many illegal immigrants, the 23-year-old Mexican lives in the shadows, cleaning Chicago office buildings at night and avoiding authorities. Yesterday, she emerged — to tell her story in Congress. In Mexico, “many of us didn’t have enough to eat,” said Janneth, one of scores of immigrants who traveled to the capital on a “freedom ride” from across the country. Her eyes welling with tears, the young woman told a legislative assistant to Rep. William O. Lipinski (D-Ill.) that she and her siblings sometimes were so hungry as children that they would ask neighbors for a tortilla. “I’m looking for opportunity,” Janneth explained to the aide as a group of fellow immigrants from Chicago nodded.
Sept. 30: On the bus to Baltimore
Sept. 30: ‘Justice for Janitors’ in Columbus
Sept. 29: A day of stories on the bus
Sept. 29: Encountering protesters in Indianapolis
Sept.
Sunday, Sept. 28: Rising before dawn to embark on a historic journey
Thursday, Sept. 25: Minnesota ride launched with festive celebration
Sunday, Sept. 28: Rising before dawn to embark on a historic journey
At 6 a.m., the sky was still black outside Neighborhood House on St.Paul’s West Side. But the building was buzzing with activity, as some 80 participants in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride prepared to embark on their week-long journey.