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‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: Weak Anti-Immigrant Protests; Bishops Ask for CIR

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The Spanish-language press covers last Saturday’s anti-immigrant protest in Arizona in support of SB 1070 and a statement from the Bishops of the Americas asking for comprehensive immigration reform.

Weak anti-immigrant protests. Saturday’s protest in support of SB 1070 drew a paltry 2,000 people — far fewer than the previous weekend’s protests against the law. EFE, Univision and the AP have more on the story. 

Bishops ask for CIR. Bishops in the US and Latin America are making a public plea to President Obama to pass comprehensive immigration reform, as reported in VOA News, EFE and the AP.