Above, left: OneAmerica march organizer Ariel Ruiz leads the marchers in slogans. Above, right: Lupe Rivera holds up her sign and chants with the crowd in a rally to gain support for immigration reform.
From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Online News.
WALLA WALLA - Close to 400 people gathered at Jefferson Park on Saturday morning, then marched down Ninth Avenue, up Main Street and finally down Palouse Street, to fight for immigration reform and to gain the support of U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
"The purpose of today's march was to target Rep. McMorris, to ask her to take leadership of immigration reform," OneAmerican march coordinator Ariel Ruiz said.
The marchers, mostly Hispanics and long-time documented or native residents of the United States and Walla Walla, started marching around 11 a.m., chanting and carrying signs for immigration reform and against deportation.
Among those protesting was Maria Ramos, a 27-year-old mother of two whose husband was deported in 2008.