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Miles en todo el país demandan reforma migratoria
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Miami, 5 oct (EFEUSA).- Decenas de miles de personas salieron este sábado por las calles de las principales ciudades de Estados Unidos para exigir al Congreso la pronta aprobación de la reforma migratoria, actualmente paralizada en la Cámara de Representantes y con una visible pérdida de interés público frente al cierre parcial del Gobierno.

El "Día Nacional para la Dignidad y el Respeto" congregó a numerosos activistas, inmigrantes y políticos en más de 60 ciudades de 39 estados del país, quienes exigieron una reforma integral que legalice a 11 millones de personas que viven sin papeles en Estados Unidos.

La jornada se inició desde tempranas horas, como ocurrió en la ciudad de Chicago, donde el gobernador de Illinois, Pat Quinn, y el alcalde de la ciudad, Rahm Emanuel, se hicieron presentes en el Parque Unión.

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Marchas inmigrantes, 5 de octubre de 2013
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: An immigrant from Mexico watches from a construction site as a march of immigration reform advocates passes by on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched as part of a National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people demonstrated in more than 150 events nationwide in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates take part in a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched for comprehensive immigration reform in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people demonstrated in more than 150 events nationwide in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people demonstrated in more than 150 events nationwide in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates support an American flag while taking part in a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched for comprehensive immigration reform in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates take part in a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched for comprehensive immigration reform in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: An undocumented Mexican immigrant watches from a construction site as a march of immigration reform advocates passes by on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched as part of a National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Undocumented Mexican immigrants cheer from a construction site as a march of immigration reform advocates passes by on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched as part of a National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates take part in a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched for comprehensive immigration reform in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people in more than 150 events nationwide demonstrated in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: A Mexican immigrant watches from a construction site as a march of immigration reform advocates passes by on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people marched as part of a National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people demonstrated in more than 150 events nationwide in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 05: Immigration reform advocates march for comprehensive immigration reform on October 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people took part the National Day of Dignity and Respect in more than 150 events nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

Poco antes de que dos caravanas iniciaran su ruta a las oficinas de los congresistas republicanos Peter Roskam y Rodney Davis, en las ciudades de Wheaton y Taylorville respectivamente, para pedirles su apoyo a la reforma.

En ese mismo parque, al oeste de la ciudad, cientos de personas se congregaron cerca del mediodía con pancartas que reclamaban por la paralización de las deportaciones.

Ronnie Mejía, ciudadano estadounidense nacido en Guatemala, declaró a Efe que apoyó la marcha porque "como padre de familia me duelen las 4.000 deportaciones que ocurren diariamente".

Poco antes de que los manifestantes se dirigieran a la Plaza Federal, en el centro de la ciudad, el pastor evangélico Efres Fedras criticó la falta de voluntad para aprobar la medida. "Los republicanos bloquean el voto, mientras que los demócratas solamente hacen promesas", expresó.

En California, las organizaciones salieron con mejor ánimo tras la promulgación esta semana por parte del gobernador, Jerry Brown, de la Ley AB 60 que otorgará licencias de conducir a inmigrantes indocumentados.

En San Diego, cerca de 5.000 personas se congregaron en el Parque Balboa para marchar hasta el edificio de la Administración del Condado, en un desfile encabezado Valentín Tachiquín, el padre de Valeria Tachiquín, muerta hace un año por un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza.

La marcha contó con el apoyo del Consejo del Distrito Escolar de San Diego, que reconoció así los efectos del "defectuoso sistema de inmigración" en las familias de San Diego.

En Carolina del Norte, un grupo de voluntarios de las organizaciones Action NC, Familias Unidas, la Coalición Latinoamericana, y United 4 the Dream promovieron en los barrios hispanos de la ciudad de Charlotte la vigilia que se realizará esta noche en el centro de la ciudad.
Esta vigilia espera una alta participación de inmigrantes para formular una demanda contundente a favor de la reforma.

En este estado, también se realizaron concentraciones en Greenville, Durham, Asheboro y Wilmington, donde los inmigrantes han salido con camisetas blancas y ondeando banderas de EE.UU.

En Carolina del Sur, la pequeña ciudad de Goose Creek, en la zona este, recibió a inmigrantes desde todas partes del estado para sumarse a la marcha nacional.

De manera simbólica rompieron una piñata que simbolizó la separación de familias por la ley estatal SB20 que persigue a los indocumentados. En la capital del estado, Columbia, varios manifestantes rezaron y cantaron por la aprobación de la norma.

Otras ciudades en las que se están realizando multitudinarias marchas son Phoenix y Tucson, en Arizona; Miami y Tampa, en Florida; Nueva York, en la que cientos de activistas planean cruzar el puente de Brooklyn, y Los Angeles, ciudad que espera a miles de personas marchando por la Pasarela de la Fama de Hollywood.

De acuerdo con la página octoberimmigration.org, hay más de 160 eventos programados con motivo de la marcha nacional, que en gran medida dirige sus demandas a los parlamentarios republicanos, grupo que ha estancado la aprobación integral de la norma en la Cámara de Representantes y que pretende su aprobación por partes.

El proyecto de ley, aprobado en junio pasado por el Senado y que da una vía para la legalización de los indocumentados así como un aumento de la seguridad fronteriza, ha perdido protagonismo en la última semana ante el cierre parcial del Gobierno federal ocasionado por la falta de acuerdo entre republicanos y demócratas para la aprobación del presupuesto fiscal.
La marcha de hoy fue el punto de partida para una jornada de concentraciones que concluirán el 8 de octubre, día en que se celebrará en el Washington Mall un concierto con la participación del grupo Los Tigres del Norte y la cantante Olga Tañón y una posterior marcha hasta las escalinatas del Congreso.

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Reforma Migratoria
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Activists Rally For Comprehensive Immigration Reform In Washington(02 of15)
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 08: Latinos and immigrants participate in a rally on immigration reform in front of the White House on November 8, 2012 in Washington, DC. Immigrant rights organizations called on President Barack Obama to fulfill his promise of passing comprehensive immigration reform. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Members of immigration rights organizations, including Casa in Action and Maryland Dream Act, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, calling on President Barack Obama to fulfill his promise of passing comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2010 file photo, immigration reform advocates march around the Federal Courthouse in downtown Denver. The group, which had more than 100 protesters, marched from the Colorado state Capitol to the federal courts to call for changes in the nation's immigration laws. Colorado's results for the 2012 presidential election will undoubtedly turn, in part, on Hispanics, who account for about 20 percent of the population in the state, and have, so far, overwhelmingly favored the president. Immigration actually ranks third in importance in polling of Hispanics, with the economy and education rating No. 1 and No. 2, says Floyd Ciruli, a Denver pollster. But, he says, "it's almost a litmus test issue - do you have at least sympathy and understand the issues we're dealing with?" (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this May 10, 2011 file photo, audience members listen to President Barack Obama speak about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas. In advance of the November presidential election, the Obama campaign is wooing Hispanics with TV and radio ad campaigns accentuating positive messages. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2011 photo, college student Jasmine Oliver, of Warwick, R.I., top left, and Javier Gonzalez, of Pawtucket, R.I., top right, display a banner and shout their support for allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates while attending public colleges in the state, during a Board of Governors of Higher Education meeting on the campus of the Community College of Rhode Island, in Warwick, R.I. But research varies on the effects of resident tuition rates for illegal immigrants, including on enrollment, and students may still face a tough road even if they graduate with a college degree: Without passage of the DREAM Act or other federal immigration reform, illegal immigrant students have no pathway to legal status, and it remains illegal for employers to hire them. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (credit:AP)
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Antony Lopez, 10, left, Hillary Lopez, 11, and Angelita Lopez, 6, all of Arlington, Va., wear shirts that read "Don't Deport My Mom" next to their mother, Viviana Oxlaj, during a rally in support of immigration reform and the DREAM Act in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:AP)
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Supporters of the DREAM Act, including Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., third from right, wait to be arrested while performing an act of civil disobedience at a rally for supporting the DREAM Act and immigration reform outside the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, immigrant advocates use an image of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on a mock state driver's license during a rally in Santa Fe. A new poll has found that nearly three-fourths of New Mexico voters oppose a state law that allows immigrant immigrants to obtain drivers licenses. The poll commissioned by The Albuquerque Journal found that 71 percent of the states likely voters are against the 2003 state law. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras,File) (credit:AP)
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A demonstrator holds a sign supporting rights for undocumented immigrants at the 'March On Wall Street South' rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of the Democratic National Convention on September 2, 2012. Hundreds of people chanting slogans and carrying signs against and for an assortment of different causes marched through the city to protest what they said was seedy corporate influence on politics. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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FILE - In this July 15, 2011 file photo, demonstrators hold signs in New York during a rally to condemn an immigration and customs enforcement program known as Secure Communities, and ICE's alleged refusal to meet with directly impacted immigrants. The signs read in Spanish "Deportations destroy our families." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (credit:AP)
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Tanya Hernandez, 4, demonstrates at a pro-immigration rally with others with the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights, Tuesday June 26, 2012 at City Hall in Los Angeles. The group was reacting to Monday's Supreme Court decision to overturn three parts of the Arizona law but uphold a section that requires police to check the status of people who might appear to be in the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:AP)
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Dozens of demonstrators protest at a "Right to Dream" rally Thursday May 17, 2012 in Los Angeles. The demonstrators were protesting the deportation of illegal immigrants by the Obama Administration. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:AP)
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Students Maria Sofia, left, and Malendez Campos, protest at a "Right to Dream" rally Thursday May 17, 2012 in Los Angeles. The Demonstrators were protesting the deportation of illegal immigrants by the Obama Administration. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:AP)
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CHICAGO, IL - MAY 15: Father Jose Landaverde and Emma Lazano sit in front of the building which houses immigration court during a protest May 15, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The two where later arrested along with at least two others at the protest where demonstrators were calling for immigration reform. This was the second day of protests in what is expected to be a full week of demonstrations as the city prepares to host the NATO Summit May 20-21. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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