PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE US CONGRESS SHOULD KEEP THEIR PROMISE

TIME FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM IS OVERDUE; THEY SHOULD ACT NOW!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, DC. — The Dominican American National Roundtable, the only non profit, non partisan 501 (c) (3) national organization headquartered in Washington, DC, advocating on behalf of over 2 million Dominicans in the US, joined forces with hundreds of grassroots and national organizations and thousands of people at the “March for America” that took place in the National Mall in Washington, DC on Sunday, March 21, 2010 to demand from President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress the enactment of comprehensive immigration reform.

The March begun at 2:00 pm, after interfaith services at 1:00 pm.

Critics claim that President Obama broke George W. Bush’s deportation record. During his first year as president, they argue, Obama would deport more than 387,000 immigrants and that on any

given day approximately 32,000 immigrants would be detained in U.S. prisons and awaiting deportation.

The March demanded immigration reform for New American families, including a legalization plan for over 11 million undocumented immigrants, and economic justice for all American families.

Members of the DANR and its National Board of Directors who participated traveled from their home states to join in DC thousands of people from across the United States.

DANR President Nestor Montilla marched accompanied by board members and member of the DANR.

National organizers of the Immigration Reform for America Campaign secured hundreds of buses to transport people to the March.

In New York, La Coalición Comunidades Inmigrantes organized participation in the march with the support of Acción Comunitaria La Aurora-NALACC, Alianza Dominicana, Asociación de Egresados de la UASD, Centro de Desarrollo de la Mujer Dominicana, Congreso Nacional Dominicano, Iglesia Presbiteriana de Washington Heighst, Iglesia San Romero de las Américas, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Inmigrants Rights, Proyecto de Participación Cívica de NY (NYCPP) and The Dominican American National Roundtable-DANR (La Mesa Redonda Dominico Americana).

For updates and more information about the march visit www.WeMarchFor America.org.

Here are just some of the organizations sponsoring the National March For America:

AFL-CIO
 African Immigrant & Refugee Foundation
 
Alliance to Develop Power/ADP
 America’s Voice
American Jewish Committee
 Amigos Multicultural Services Center (Eugene, OR)
 Asian American Justice Center
 Asian Pacific American Legal Center
 Asistencia Migratoria
Bergen County (NJ) Sanctuary Committee
Bienestar
Border Network for Human Rights
 Brazilian Women’s Group
Breakthrough: Bring Human Rights Home
Cabrini Immigrant Services
Campaign for Community Change
 Casa de Maryland
 Catholic Charities Hawaii
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
 CAUSA, Oregon’s Immigrant Rights Coalition
Center for American Progress
 Centro para Familias Hispanas
 Christ’s Foundry United Methodist Mission
Coalition for Education About Immigration (CEI)
 Coalition for Humane Immigration Reform of LA
 Coalition of Latino Leaders-CLILA
 Coalition on Human Needs
Cobb (County,GA) Immigrant Alliance & Labor of Love Coalition
COFEM
 Community Catalyst
Community Nashville (formally National Council For Christians and Jews/Nashville Chapter)
 Comunidad Liberacion/Liberation Community
Conexion Americas
Confederacion de Organizaciones de California y Clubes Oriundos de Michoacan 
Democracia Ahora
 Divine Word Missionaries
 Dominican-American National Roundtable (DANR)
 Ecumenical Advocacy Days
 El CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos
 Fair Immigration Reform Movement
 Farmworker Justice
First Focus Campaign for Children
 Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) 
Georgia Urban Rural Summit
 Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
 Hispanic Community Dialogue Organization of Virginia
 Hispanic Information Center
 Hispanic Ministry of the New Albany Deanery
 Hispanos Unidos de Passaic
 Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, JPIC, USA 
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
 Immigrants’ List
 Immigrant Rights Network of Iowa
 Interfaith Immigration Coalition 
Japanese American Citizens League – Pacific Southwest District
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
 Jobs for America Now
 Jornaleros Unidos de Passaic
 Kansas House of Representatives
 Kentucky Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
 Korean Resource Center
 La Comunidad, INC
 La Union (UCL, INC.)
 La Union del Pueblo Entero
 Labor Council for Latin American Advancement 
Latino Coalition of Randolph County 
Latinos del Norte de Portland 
League of United American Citizens (LULAC)
 League of United Latin American Citizens
 Liberación Juice Station, LLC
LULAC Ohio
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
 Mexican Americans for Immigration Reform
 Migrant Support Services of Wayne County
 National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (NALEO Ed Fund)
 National Center for Lesbian Rights
 National Council of La Raza
 National Immigration Forum
 National Immigration Law Center
 National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
 New Haven Peoples Center
 Omni Center For Peace, Justice & Ecology
 Patria Morazan, Houston
Peruvian American Political Action Committee
 Progressive Democrats of America – Phoenix Chapter
 Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
 Reform Immigration for TexasAlliance (RITA)
 Refugee and Immigration Ministries, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
 Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
 SEVA (Social Empowerment & Voter Action)
 SEIU
 Sí Se Puede Latino Democratic Caucus
 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
 Sojourners
South Asian Americans Leading Together
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
 St. Matthew/San Mateo Episcopal Church and Jubilee Center
 St. Rita Catholic Church
 The Dominican American National Roundtable
 The Hispanic Institute
 The Hispanic Leadership Club of Annandale High School
 The Law Offices of Richard S. Bromberg
 United Action Connecticut
 TODEC Legal Center
 UFCW
 UNITE HERE
 United Farm Workers
 US Conference of Catholic Bishops
 Venezeula Awareness Foundation
 Washington Community Action Network
 Washington New Sanctuary Movement
 Wayne Action for Racial Equality
 WIN – the Welcoming Immigrants Network
World Relief

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