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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, tens of
thousands of Americans gathered on the National Mall to demand that
elected officials repair our broken immigration system. Below is a
statement from Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National
Immigration Law Center, who attended the march.
"Today, we at the National Immigration
Law Center joined thousands to march for America. We marched
for the workers who have been detained in immigration raids or
exploited because of their immigration status. We marched for
the hundreds of thousands incarcerated unjustly in immigrant
detention centers. We marched for the immigrant youth who
fight for access to higher education at risk of being deported from
the country they've called home since they arrived as children.
We marched for the millions of future Americans who could not be
here today but who have faith in President Obama's promise to reform
our immigration system.
"Americans will no longer tolerate a system that has for decades
failed to meet our societal and economic needs. It's time for
President Obama and Congress to do what's right for our country."
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