April 10 Thursday, October 19, 2006

On Apr. 10, 2006, hundreds of people demonstrated for immigration rights in Portland, and similar actions were held across the country. Specifically, the protestors were fighting against H.R. 4437, which would have raised the penalties for illegal immigration and classify illegal aliens and those who helped them as felons. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives, but as best as I can tell has not been passed by the Senate.