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- A deadly hunt for work
10/7/2003. The Arizona Republic
U.S. business wants immigrant labor. That's the magnet that draws increasing numbers of people from Mexico and Central America up through Arizona's deadly deserts.
- It's time for fear to get off the bus
10/7/2003. The Arizona Republic
My mother, a Mexican immigrant, probably wouldn't have been on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, which just concluded its cross-country trip to Washington, D.C. She would have been afraid.
- 100,000 Immigrant Workers and Supporters Demand Change to Nation's Immigration Laws
10/6/2003. Democracy Now
As many as 100,000 immigrants rallied in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens � the most diverse community in the world - on Saturday to call for better working conditions for undocumented workers. This follows a rally on Friday against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty in New Jersey.
- Danbury area immigrants rally for better rights
10/6/2003. The News Times
Carlos Cordoba left Danbury at 9 a.m. to join tens of thousands of immigrants rallying Saturday at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, for the largest pro-immigrant rally in U.S. history.
- WBAI's Building Bridges: Highlights of the Immigrants Workers Freedom Ride Rally
10/6/2003.
Monday, October 6, 2003, 7-8 pm EST, over 99.5 FM or streaming live (http://www.2600.com/offthe>hook/hot2.ram). Tens of thousands of immigrants and labor union members rallied in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens on Saturday 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.
- Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Rally a Huge Success!
10/6/2003. LA Indymedia
As the culmination of Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, on Saturday, October 4th, tens of thousands of immigrant workers joined friends and allies for a fabulous rally in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York.
- 'Freedom Rides' end with rally in N.Y.
10/5/2003. Los Angeles Times
Culminating bus journeys throughout the United States modeled on the Freedom Rides that fought segregation in the South, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in New York on Saturday to urge more rights for undocumented immigrants.
- 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 Rally in City, Seeking Rights
10/5/2003. The 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.
- Immigration activists converge to seek reform
10/5/2003. The Providence Journal
Factory workers, professionals, activists, community workers, students, labor organizers and church workers from Rhode Island made the trip in hopes of getting the message out that the United States depends on its immigrant workers and should find a way to legalize the estimated 10 million who are undocumented.
- Immigrants' plea for rights
10/5/2003. New York Daily News
Chanting and waving signs in a multitude of languages, an estimated 100,000 immigrants rallied in Queens yesterday to invoke the spirit of the civil rights movement that swept America in the 1960s.
- Culmina la Caravana
10/5/2003. La Opini�n
Miles de inmigrantes de todas partes del mundo se reunieron ayer en el parque Flushing Meadows Corona para manifestar su agradecimiento a los integrantes de la Caravana de la Libertad y pedir la legalizaci�n de millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en este pa�s.
- Immigrants' tour ends in massive rally
10/5/2003. The Miami Herald
The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride bus tour, with its Miami contingent, made a final stop here and was greeted by tens of thousands of supporters at a rally billed by organizers as the largest protest for immigrant rights in U.S. history.
- 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.
- Immigrants Workers and Allies Rally for " Freedom and Equal Rights " in New York
10/5/2003. Akolad.com
Immigrants workers along with allies living in the US gathered in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens to unify their voice for fair treatments, dignity in the workplace, and a change in immigration policies.
- 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.
- 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 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.
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