OR amnesty supporters protest
April 20, 2009
Immigrant supporters wasted no time in announcing plans for a May 1 launch to push for comprehensive immigration reform after the federal government said last week that President Obama plans to tackle the temper-igniting issue this year.
'It will not be easy,' said Francisco López, the director of Salem-based CAUSA, a nonprofit immigrant-advocacy group. 'It will be a fight, but we have to do it.'
But with the tanking economy, some question the president's priorities.
The Statesman Journal (Salem)
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