Phila. rally decries Ariz. immigrant crackdown

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Marching for immigrant rights outside Independence Hall on Wednesday, about 100 placard-carrying demonstrators denounced Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration and called on President Obama to honor his campaign pledge to bring about comprehensive reform. The rally was also a launchpad for several Philadelphia area activists headed to Arizona to take part in protests this week.

Clergy, union members, students, and pro-immigrant groups came together Wednesday under banners with such slogans as "European Descendants for Immigrant Rights" and "Democracia Ahora," or "Democracy Now."

Carmen Marcet, a Peruvian immigrant who works in early childhood education in South Philadelphia, recalled a 2006 congressional bill that targeted illegal immigrants and the large-scale protests that helped to stop it.

In Pennsylvania, State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R., Butler) is the chief sponsor of a bill modeled on Arizona's Senate Bill 1070. State Sen. Daylin Leach (D., Montgomery) is the prime sponsor of a bill that would prevent Pennsylvania from implementing an Arizona-style law.

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1. Didn't even know that was going on

and I work 3 blocks from there. Apparently the oil gusher crisis blew this out of our news!