Movement Building

The "Fast for Families Across America" Bus Tour is getting close to the end of its run.

On Wednesday, April 9, immigration reform advocates will return to where it all began with a rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The day before, Tuesday, April 8, President Larry Cohen, CWA activists and other activists, including AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, will rally outside the Herndon, Va., office of Rep. Frank Wolf, calling on him and Congress to pass immigration reform this year.

For more than a month, the "Fast for Families" activists have been on a nationwide road trip, talking with ordinary Americans about our broken immigration system, encouraging communities to fast and pray, and pushing members of Congress to act on comprehensive immigration reform. At every stop, supporters have signed thousands of petitions that activists will deliver to the House leadership at the end of the April 9 rally.

The Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform last June, but the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has refused to take up the issue. House Democrats are looking to push forward a discharge petition that would enable H.R. 15, the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, to be considered on the House floor.

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