Washingtontimes.com
Dozens of undocumented aliens (Illegal Aliens), some of whom waved foreign flags and carried placards, were among the estimated 2,000 demonstrators who rallied this week near the White House to demand legislation giving legal status to immigrants illegally in the United States, rally participants said.
The demonstrators gathered at Freedom Plaza, less than a mile from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service headquarters, to hear a variety of speeches from labor officials, religious leaders and House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri Democrat.
Mr. Gephardt introduced legislation Thursday, as he had promised to during the rally Wednesday, to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status. He and other Democrats sponsoring the bill argue that many of them have lived and worked in the United States for years and deserve legal status.
Rally participants carried flags from Mexico, Bolivia and El Salvador, along with placards, one of which read: "Fix Our Immigration Laws Now."
Posted by Suzanne at October 12, 2002