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MINNEAPOLIS - A group of about 30 immigrant workers, their family members and supporters are traveling to Washington to lobby Congress on immigration reform.
The group is leaving early Monday morning with a small rally at the United Labor Centre in Minneapolis. They will participate in rallies in Chicago and Washington and have plans to meet with Minnesota senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Rep. Keith Ellison.
Local advocates of immigration reform have collected over 2,000 signatures for a petition asking for comprehensive changes to an immigration system they say is broken.
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