Tens of thousands of people showed up on April 10th for the Time is Now “Rally for Citizenship” in Washington DC. The rally, which was put together by SEIU, the Center for Community Change and CASA de Maryland with the support of the Alliance for Citizenship brought together people of all ages who traveled long distances from all over the country to participate and put pressure on legislators to pass immigration reform with a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people in the United States.
Among the speakers at the rally were: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ), famous Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón and Dolores Huerta, who underscored the importance of a comprehensive bill that will fix our broken system once and for all; a system that will recognize human dignity and keep families together.
Telemundo interviewed Sen. Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) who explained the importance of this historical moment and said he expects the Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill to drop next Monday or Tuesday before Wednesday’s Judiciary Committee Hearing. Telemundo also interviewed Rep. John Michael Mulvaney (R-SC), who believes immigration is the most important issue to take up after the budget.
Univisión interviewed Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) who explained the importance of putting pressure on legislators and said he hopes to see more calls and emails to members of Congress as well as mobilizations like yesterday’s rally in the coming months.
The rally was covered by all major Spanish-language outlets including Univisión, Telemundo, CNN en Español, EFE, AP, Notimex, AFP, La Opinión and others.
More Spanish Language coverage of the April 10th “Rally for Citizenship”:
- Univisión.com: Más de 30 mil personas se dieron cita en Washington en pro de la reforma migratoria
- Noticiero Univisión: Gran marcha por la reforma migratoria en Washington DC; Los manifestantes se congregaron en los jardines del Capitolio de los EEUU exigiendo a los legisladores que aprueben la reforma.
- Noticiero Univisión: Activistas llegaron a Washington desde muchos lugares del país; Enrique Acevedo acompañó a uno de esos grupos desde Alabama y hoy ha continuado con ellos para descubrir qué es lo que han hecho.
- Noticiero Univisión: La migración no es una cuestión política, es una cuestión familiar; Para la gran mayoría de los manifestantes sus razones para migrar a EEUU tienen algo que ver con sus familias.
- Noticiero Telemundo: Congregados por la reforma migratoria; Miles de personas marchan en Washington para pedir una Reforma Migratoria
- Noticiero Telemundo: Milagro migratorio; Son muchas las personas que piden a Dios una solución rápida a su status