I had the good fortune of attending an immigration reform rally yesterday in Philadelphia, on the lawn right by the Constitution Center in the historic district. The rally was organized by Reform Immigration for America. It was one rally in a series of other ones that took place yesterday across the country, including in Las Vegas, Chicago, El Paso, and Lakewood, NJ.
I was extremely excited, especially after seeing the scores of people that gathered at the National Mall in DC the same weekend that the final version of the healthcare bill was passed in the House. I didn't think we could get 200,000, but maybe 10,000? 5,000?
I would estimate that we probably got around 100, but I was not the least bit disappointed.
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