September 1 Chicago march
A small group of illegal immigration supporters walked the 42 to 50 miles (reports vary) from Chicago's Chinatown (meant to symbolize that we're a nation of immigrants) to Dennis Hastert's office in Batavia, Illinois. It took them four days, starting September 1, 2006 and finishing September 4, 2006. Only "around 3000" showed up for the final rally. AKA the "Immigrant Workers Justice Walk".
report before: Immigrant march en route to Hastert's digs
report after: Immigration activists spar at Phoenix rally
Organized by Jorge Mujica ( Start of 4 day walk shows off).
movimiento10demarzo.org/page3.html has a list of the sponsors:
- Leaders of the Chicago March 10 Movement
- members of the Chinese American Service League (CASL)
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
- The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
- Service Employees International Union
- The Korean American Resource and Cultural Center
- Rainbow Push Coalition
- United Food and Commercial Workers
- CAAAELII
- Asian American Institute
- Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment
- Cambodian Association of Illinois
- Chinese American Service League
- Chinese Mutual Aid Association
- Coalition for a Better Chinatown
- Indo-American Center
- Korean American Senior Center
- Lao American Community Service
- Muslim Women's Resource Center
- Vietnamese Association of Illinois
- and other, unnamed groups
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