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Article: LATINOS DEBATE WHETHER IMMIGRATION REFORM RALLIES ARE WISE NOW.(NEWS)
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- The Capital Times
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- April 21, 2009
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Byline: Pat Schneider
Energized by a renewed prospect of success, Latinos in Dane County and across the country are planning to go to the streets again on May 1 to hold President Barack Obama to his assurances that immigration reform is on the way.
Publicity for a Madison march on the Capitol on May Day -- a traditional labor holiday -- trumpets a "march for the poor, workers and immigrants." A poster for the event circulated by the organizer, Madison-based Immigrant Workers Union, records a laundry list of demands, from rolling back local Metro bus fare increases to universal health care to amnesty for immigrant workers.
Meanwhile, organizers ...