More than 300,000 rally for illegal immigrant rights in Chicago

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/01imm.html

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1. Go Chicago!!! n/t

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2. “That’s beautiful,”

said Alejandro Horbatenko as he put the finishing touches on a sign reading “Give me liberty or give me death” outside his cafe, Buenes Aires Forever at 929 S. Ashland.

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1:10 p.m.

More than 300,000 people have turned out, stretching from Union Park to Grant Park, said Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

Volunteers handed out paper cups of water outside Old St. Patrick’s Church, 700 W. Adams, as country star Lee Greenwood’s “Proud To Be An American” blared from speakers.

“Isn’t it magnificent?” asked Bill Fraher, the church’s music director. “It’s pretty powerful. Just the sea of humanity and people just asking for what is rightfully theirs.”