Immigration Bus Stops at Wolf's Door
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Marching and chanting "Yes we can!" in seven
different languages, nearly 100 people rallied Wednesday morning in front of
U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf's (R) 10th District office in Herndon, Va., urging his
support for immigrant rights. Union members from Communications Workers of
America (CWA), the Seafarers, Laborers, SAG-AFTRA , SEIU and others joined
allies including CASA de Virginia and church groups at the latest stop on the
Immigration Reform Bus Tour. A delegation led by AFL-CIO Executive Vice
President Tefere Gebre, CWA President Larry Cohen and SEIU Secretary Treasurer
Eliseo Medina presented portraits of immigrants and a petition. Wolf is one of a
group of Republican House members who have expressed support in the past for
immigration reform but have not signed a discharge
petition to force House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to hold a vote on the
bipartisan immigration reform bill that passed the U.S. Senate last
year. Read more about the discharge petition
here.
-
report/photo by Dan Duncan