Immigration reform activists begin protest walk to D.C.
Quick ReadAbout 50 people demanding immigration reform held a protest Friday in a parking lot in Hempstead.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Day laborers with members of National Day Laborers Organizing Network begin a 250-mile march to Washington, D.C. (Mar. 12, 2010)
Day laborers march toward nation's capital
Immigration debate on Long Island
About 50 people demanding immigration reform held a protest Friday in a parking lot in Hempstead, and about half of them then started out on a 250-mile trek to Washington, D.C., for a March 21 national immigration rally.
"Today, I am starting a walk to Washington, D.C., for full immigration reform. This is our time," Saul Linares, 31, told the crowd standing in a cold drizzle in the rear parking...
