Friday, August 31, 2012

Busload of undocumented U.S. residents to protest at DNC!

The Charlotte Observer ^ | Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2012 | Carmen Cusido and Fred Clasen-Kelly

A busload of undocumented immigrants illegal aliens has departed for Charlotte, on its way to protest during the Democratic National Convention.

The occupants will risk deportation to demonstrate in Mecklenburg County, where sheriff’s deputies check the immigration status of people who are arrested. The group will join hundreds of other illegal immigrants who could march during the convention, protest organizers said.

Some 30 men and women left Sunday from Phoenix on a multistate tour that will cut through states such as Alabama and Georgia that have passed some of the nation’s toughest immigration laws. The bus will arrive in Charlotte just before the Democratic National Convention starts in September.

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