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An immigrants’ rights rally in New York City on October 21 was a response to Congress’ failure to propose and pass a fair and humane bill for immigrants. Marchers demanded that legal status be given to all undocumented immigrants and that the deportation and detention of immigrants be ended.
Ten out of 10 students I surveyed said they could not live without their mothers.
President Bush added his voice to the simmering immigration debate with a national televised address on May 15.
Sharon Creech’s book Walk Two Moons is the tale of Salamanca, a free-spirited girl who travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents in hopes of bringing her mother, who left their family, back home.
A controversial new immigration bill will go to the Senate for a vote this spring. The bill, HR 4437, would criminalize 12 million undocumented immigrants.
