Immigrants ride in rally for better life
9/30/2003. The Charlotte Observer
A national bus caravan of immigrant workers and their supporters will pull into Johnson C. Smith University today to rally for the legalization of illegal immigrant workers and to protest poor working conditions and low wages....

Immigrants ride for rights
9/30/2003. The Fayetteville Observer
Supporters of immigrant worker rights gathered Monday night under the arches of the Market House to protest a "new slavery" in America at a site where slaves were once sold. The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride includes 18 buses that are carrying hundreds of immigrants. The buses are stopping in more than 100 cities to promote immigrants' rights....

Group mobilizes to focus attention on immigrant rights
9/30/2003. The Times and Democrat
"Orangeburg has a rich history of protests and demonstrations for civil rights, for human rights," says Dr. Bill Hine, professor of political science and history at South Carolina State University. Continuing to write that history, participants in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride led an hour-long rally Monday in SCSU's Student Union Plaza....

Immigrant workers to seek rights in nationwide action
9/29/2003. The Evangelist
Inspired by the "freedom rides" of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, immigrant workers from across the country will stop in cities from coast to coast to raise awareness of "outdated and, in some cases, unjust immigration laws that don't reflect present situations," said Barbara DiTommaso, director of the Albany diocesan Office for Peace and Justice. ...

Interfaith Worker
9/29/2003. Wiretap
My name is Andy Schwiebert and I'm on the Advance Team for the two San Francisco Bay Area buses traveling across the country to Washington DC and New York on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. I feel so lucky to play such an exciting and fulfilling role in what I believe to be an historic event with long-lasting effects such as putting immigration reform back on the political map and recreating a movement for justice for all people, especially immigrants. ...

Immigrant workers seek dignity, respect for all
9/29/2003. Indy Star
Louis Thomas wasn't born when a group of activists known as freedom riders forced the integration of interstate buses in the early 1960s and provided a catalyst for other civil rights advances. But the 26-year-old Indianapolis man wanted to show his appreciation for how those protests opened doors of opportunity for blacks like himself....

Both sides of immigration debate plan rallies
9/29/2003. Associated Press
The Freedom Ride, a group traveling the country to promote immigrants' rights, on Tuesday is slated to stop in Wilson at noon and downtown Durham at 4:30 p.m., where a rally and march to a town hall-style meeting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church are planned. ...

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Draws Crowd, Prostesters
9/29/2003. WISHTV
The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride has traveled hundreds of miles for immigrant rights. Their most recent stop is Indianapolis. Dozens of immigrants and civil rights activists arrived to a cheering crowd Monday afternoon....

Immigrant workers rally as prelude to 'Freedom' ride
9/29/2003. The Providence Journal
A group fighting for the rights of undocumented immigrant workers was welcomed with cheers, resolutions and cookies this morning at Providence City Hall. ...

Immigrant rights are riders' focus
9/29/2003. The Times-Picayune
Breakdowns in Texas, bad weather, not even the threat of federal immigration officials could stop two busloads of freedom riders on their way to Washington in support of immigrant rights. The 80 riders stopped in New Orleans late Friday afternoon, parked on Loyola Avenue and marched toward the gazebo in front of City Hall, where dozens of supporters cheered. ...