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- Riding for rights: Immigrants busing across nation to rally at U.S. Capitol
9/29/2003. Greeley Tribune
Senaida Palomo wants to learn about her rights so she can pass the word to her fellow immigrants.... On Wednesday, Palomo is going to Washington, D.C., and New York to join more than 1,000 immigrants and their advocates at what is projected to be the largest organizational movement ever for immigrants. Palomo and four of her co-workers will represent the union for the workers at the Excel plant and the Swift and Co. lamb plant in Greeley.
- National bus tour for immigrants' rights hits Q-C
9/29/2003. The Dispatch
DAVENPORT -- Five hundred people -- some on their way to Washington, D.C. -- rallied Sunday at St. Ambrose University in favor of immigration reform.
- Immigrant workers ride for equal rights
9/28/2003. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that rolled into Milwaukee on Sunday as part of a cross-country event stands as "a heroic procession" that is part of more than 200 years of non-violent struggles for human rights, the Rev. James Lawson said. Now 75, Lawson worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to start the non-violent movement for civil rights in the 1960s. He was jailed in Jackson, Miss., while on the Freedom Ride of 1961, where many were beaten.
- Entusiasma la caravana a Washington en defensa de trabajadores inmigrantes
9/28/2003. La Opini�n
Despu�s de haber pasado un momento de angustia en el punto de revisi�n de inmigraci�n en Sierra Blanca, Texas, cientos de residentes de las ciudades de San Antonio y Austin recibieron ayer con los brazos abiertos y entusiasmo a la Caravana de la Libertad en el quinto d�a de recorrido Camino a la Ciudadan�a/Inmigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
- Immigrants Travel to Washington to Rally for Broadened Rights
9/28/2003. New York Times
As the bus sped through the New Mexico desert and into West Texas, Federico Gonz�lez talked of his dream, an odd dream for an immigrant from Colombia. He wants to be an F.B.I. agent. Back home, he had been studying to be a police investigator, but he dropped out of college because he was too poor to pay all the expenses.
- Immigrant 'freedom ride' pulls into Omaha
9/28/2003. Omaha World Herald
Now about midway into their journey across America, two busloads of "freedom riders" pulled Saturday into Omaha to the cheers of more than 500 people. Supporters lining Lake Street near 24th Street waved flags of different countries as the 90 riders - immigrants and advocates - marched to chants such as "civil rights for all." ... "This is history in the making," said Margie Lara, a sophomore at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. "It's awesome."
- Activists finish the first day of Freedom Ride
9/28/2003. Miami Herald
The Immigrant Workers Freedom bus from Miami arrived in Orlando on Saturday on its first day of a cross-country trip after a stop in Immokalee to bring attention to the plight of migrant farmers. The 60 bus riders mingled with the farmers, vowing to take their concerns to Washington, D.C., and New York. ''Even though the migrant workers live in fear because of their legal status, it's important that they know they have the support of people throughout the country,'' said rider Valeria Tijerino, 21.
- 'Freedom riders' bring immigrant goals to Wichita
9/28/2003. The Wichita Eagle
Delia Medina, a hotel maid in San Francisco, left her three young children behind in El Salvador when she moved to the United States years ago. She wanted to make a better life for her family and achieve the American dream, she said. Eight months later, she had found a decent-paying job and was able to send for her kids.
- The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride makes a stop in Tulsa
9/28/2003. KOTV-6
Hundreds of protestors in a caravan to the nation's capital are protesting what they consider the unfair treatment of immigrant workers. It's part of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. They made a stop in Tulsa Saturday to offer support to East Indian workers who are suing a Tulsa company for allegedly treating them like slaves.
- Let justice roll through America
9/28/2003. Star-Telegram
Eighteen freedom buses roll across the Rocky Mountains, Lone Star ranches, Northern urban factory cities, Midwestern prairies and Deep South cotton fields, carrying the hardest-working people in America: immigrants. On Sept. 20, about 1,000 immigrants and supporters laid aside their mops, brooms, shovels, hammers, saws and anonymity for a two-week Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride to Washington and New York City to announce their desire to be free to live and work in America.
- Freedom Ride champions immigrants
9/28/2003. Denver Post
Alejandra Bustillos waited eagerly for the buses from Seattle to arrive at St. Joseph Church. "I want to join people who are fighting to get legal status," said Bustillos, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who came to Denver in 1995. Bustillos was waiting, along with about 250 others, at the Denver church Friday night to greet 200 immigrant and civil rights supporters riding buses across the country as part of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
- All aboard for Freedom Ride rally
9/28/2003. New York Daily News
Flash deportations, immigration backlog, the Patriot Act, undisguised hostility toward them. These are rough times for immigrants. Which is why every immigrant in the city, their friends, supporters and all New Yorkers of good will should gather Oct. 4 at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park for the largest rally ever for immigrant rights.
- Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Rolls Into Suburban Philadelphia
9/28/2003. Yahoo Finance
Just as the Freedom Rides of the early 1960s exposed the brutal realities of Southern segregation, the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride will help highlight the injustice of current policies toward immigrants when it rolls into Malvern, PA Tuesday, September 30 at 3 p.m.
- Immigrants on Freedom Ride Stopped in Texas
9/27/2003. Los Angeles Times
Two buses carrying 87 passengers on a labor-sponsored "immigrant workers freedom ride" were stopped for two hours by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint east of El Paso Friday morning. The passengers, including many immigrants, initially refused to answer questions about their residency status and instead sang civil rights songs. Border Patrol spokesman Mario Villareal said the passengers eventually cooperated and were released.
- Marcha por los trabajadores inmigrantes
9/27/2003. Univision
La gran movilizaci�n nacional "Marcha de la Libertad para los Trabajadores Inmigrantes" hizo su escala en Miami desde d�nde parti� hacia su objetivo final: una gran manifestaci�n en Nueva York en defensa de sus derechos.
- Unions show immigrant support
9/27/2003. The Des Moines Register
David Ochoa has witnessed immigrant workers being mistreated. After quitting his job in 1996 at a meat-processing plant, Ochoa has been reporting worker-rights violations he sees or hears about. "I have complained about meatpacking plants where lines are too fast or workers are being verbally harassed," said Ochoa, 42, a Guatemala native who lives in Perry. He said that while union support of immigrants' wages and working conditions has improved in recent years, more can be done.
- Backers welcome Freedom Ride buses to S.A.
9/27/2003. San Antonio Express-News
He came from Nicaragua three years ago, but the 27-year-old undocumented worker says as opportunities for him in the United States shrink, the more he wants to go back home. So the former factory worker joined about 300 immigrant advocates from across South Texas at a rally on the City Hall steps Friday night. Chanting "Si se puede" � yes, it can be done � to the beating of drums, the advocates also listened to speeches as they waited for two buses packed with activists taking the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, which is focusing attention on immigration policies.
- Locals along for the ride: Immigrants' rights caravan holds rallies
9/27/2003. Monterey Herald
The Monterey County contingent of a cross-country immigrant rights caravan was not among those detained by the U.S. Border Patrol on Friday, but the local "Freedom Riders" were paying close attention. "That was an unfortunate event," Julius de Vera said. "We're prepared for anything that happens." De Vera, the president of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 483, spoke by cell phone Friday as his Freedom Ride bus crossed Wyoming. De Vera is one of four people from the Monterey Peninsula taking part in the journey.
- Immigrants seek labor justice
9/27/2003. The Journal Times
Six weeks before her second child was born, Maria was fired from the Racine factory where she worked because the Social Security Administration sent their employer a letter stating their names did not match a Social Security number. The factory told them and other undocumented workers, to bring them new Social Security numbers. They did. But Maria and her husband were not hired back; they lost all their benefits. Other workers were hired back, but at lower wages and without benefits.
- Death zone on border to get visit
9/27/2003. The Press-Enterprise
A small group of volunteers and social workers will journey today from the streets of Los Angeles to the deserts of Imperial County, to see for themselves the spots where dozens of undocumented immigrants die each year.
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