Suburban Latinos: We Will March to Demand Justice for Undocumented Immigrants

What?: ¡MARCHA DuPAGE! Immigrant Rights March
Where?: San Isidore Parish, corner of Gary Ave. and Army Trail, Bloomingdale, IL
When?: Saturday, April 17
Time? 9am- ~12pm
Contact: Cristobal Cavazos 620 260-0142; Rafael Vieyra 630 965-0145

In response to the nearly 400,000 deportations last year, the 1,000 deportations each week in Chicagoland, and the wake of Latino families devasted around Dupage County by firings and housing discrimination--all while ICE enjoys a budget of $6 billion dollars-- suburban Latinos have organized ¡MARCHA DuPAGE!, a march for immigrant justice.

¡MARCHA DuPAGE!, will be the first immigrant rights march in DuPage County organized by Latino community activists from parishes and grassroots organizations in the county. The event begins at 9am with a rally at St. Isidore Parish, on the corner of Gary Ave. and Army Trail Rd. in Bloomingdale. Later, participants will begin a trek through Bloomingdale and Glendale Heights toward the office of Congressman Peter Roskam, 150 S. Bloomingdale Rd. Bloomingdale, for a rally and the delivery of a letter calling for a just immigration reform based on human rights and labor mobility.

Among participants will be the parishioners of St. Joseph in Addison along with Father Luis Gutierrez; the parishioners of St. Isidore in Bloomingdale along with Deacon Guadalupe Villareal; Rita Gonzalez of the Dupage County Board; Immigrant Solidarity Dupage along with special guests from Chicago and across the suburbs.