Línea Abierta : IMMIGRATION REFORM: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION (SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EDITION).




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Summary: IMMIGRATION REFORM: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION (SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EDITION). Thousands of people converge on Washington, D.C. for meetings with congresspeople and a mass rally for immigration reform. During this first hour of a special edition for the National Day of Action, Linea Abierta provides timely reports and interviews with organizers, lobbyists, immigrants, and farm workers who are organizing events in the capital and in cities across the country. Guests: Ben Monterroso, Executive Director, Mi Familia Vota, Washington, D.C., www.mifamiliavota.us ; Evelyn Rivera, Representative for Southeast Region, United We Dream, Orlando, FL, http://unitedwedream.org ; Vianey Torres, Farmworker, United Farm Workers, Porterville, CA, www.ufw.org ; Eliseo Medina, Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Los Angeles, CA, www.seiu.org ; Ricardo Rodríguez Hernández,Organizer, OneAmerica, Yakima, WA, www.weareoneamerica.org ; Teresa Leal, Activist, Nogales, AZ.