2003 Freedom Ride Ends With a New York Rally
10/5/2003. Los Angeles Times
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in New York on Saturday to urge stronger rights for immigrants, the culmination of bus journeys from throughout the United States modeled on the 1960s Freedom Rides that fought segregation in the South....

Immigrant workers rally in NYC and demand changes
10/5/2003. The Boston Globe
They clean homes in Boston and Chicago and sew in factories in San Francisco. They pay taxes, but many undocumented workers are not allowed to drive or vote. For years, their tenuous status kept them from speaking out against policies they felt were unjust, but increasingly immigrant workers are making their voices heard as their numbers reach record highs in the United States....

Immigrants Say it Loud: Menendez, officials, labor leaders cheer 'freedom riders' at LSP rally
10/4/2003. NJ.com
Protected by a small army of state Park Service rangers and state patrol officers, local and federal politicians yesterday joined high-ranking labor representatives at a rally at Liberty State Park to welcome a bus caravan of nearly 1,000 "freedom riders" who are demanding legal status and human rights for undocumented immigrants. ...

Overcoming in Texas: INS delays freedom ride
10/4/2003. LA Weekly
The original Freedom Riders � the civil rights pioneers who in 1961 struggled for integration in the Jim Crow South � were greeted in Southern cities with brass knuckles, bombs and handcuffs. By comparison, the labor organizers, workers and activists on two New York�bound buses taking part in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride have received warm welcomes everywhere they�ve gone....

Immigrants seek road to citizenship
10/3/2003. Metro West Daily News
There are many reasons why Carlos Santos will travel to New York tomorrow to join thousands of people in a mass rally demanding legal status for immigrants....

An Immigrant President? It Could Happen
10/3/2003. The Los Angeles Times
Since the founding of the United States, the office of president has carried a qualification not required for any other elected federal post. Under the Constitution, only a "natural born citizen" can be president....

Immigrant workers deserve more rights
10/3/2003. The Post Standard
A Hamilton College poll conducted earlier this year by Zogby International of Utica tells us that most Americans believe immigration is good for America. It suggests a wise understanding that millions of immigrants not only want a better life here, but that they pay taxes and are an essential part of the economy, taking low-paying jobs no one else wants....

On the bus with the Freedom Riders: singing out for America's downtrodden
10/3/2003. The Guardian
The Greyhound bus carrying immigrant workers on their Freedom Ride nudges its way down Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts like the Tower of Babel on wheels. Two West Africans are teaching each other ballads in French, a Guatemalan and Mexican argue in Spanish, while a Bangladeshi and an Angolan discuss globalisation in English. ...

Immigrants' 'freedom ride' seeks to improve job conditions
10/2/2003. The Boston Globe
Hundreds of immigrant workers and their supporters rolled into the nation's capital yesterday, bringing their "freedom ride" for better treatment to the halls of Congress. They came on 18 buses from Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, Minneapolis, and six other cities, with nearly 900 participants representing about 50 countries. ...

Bush aides anger GOP lawmakers on consular IDs
10/2/2003. The Washington Times
Bush administration officials yesterday angered lawmakers by refusing to take a position on illegal aliens obtaining U.S. driver's licenses and avoiding questions about its decision to recognize Mexican identification cards. ...