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May 1, 2006

Rallyblog: 'We want to breathe air of freedom'

PROVIDENCE -- Up the hill past Providence Place mall, to the grassy lawn in front of the State House and, finally, onto the building's white marble steps, demonstrators marched today in a big, but united, call for immigration reforms.

Speakers talked in English and Spanish, with translators on hand to help.

Juan Garcia, head of the Immigrants in Action Committee, exhorted the cheering crowd late this afternoon, saying, "We want to be able to breathe the air of freedom."

"We are hardworking, we are not asking for anything for free, " he added.

Garcia also issued a warning to politicians: "I want you to remember with your vote you have the destiny of our people in your hands."

Later, Yvette Luna, of Ocean State Action, told the crowd in Spanish: "We are going to vote, we are going to register, we are going to support the politicians who only support immigration reform.''

The march on the State House was the third event organized in the city today as demonstrators joined a nationwide call to find a path to citizenship for the country's illegal and undocumented immigrants.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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