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On Wednesday, International Worker's Day, more than 100 people gathered in downtown Spokane to stand in solidarity with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

The rally, co-organized by M.e.ch.A de EWU (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana), included an escorted march through Spokane's streets — the first march of its kind since 2007, according to M.e.ch.A organizer Lucy Vazquez.

“The time is now,” she said. “We want a humane immigration reform for all the millions of undocumented immigrants who deserve a pathway to citizenship.”

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
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