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Florida: Faith-Based Hispanics Push Immigration Reform

Rafael Vela on March 16, 2010

Esperanza, a Hispanic faith-based network, plans to launch a grassroots campaign in South Florida and other parts of the country on Tuesday to push for comprehensive immigration reform this year.

It starts with an announcement in the Capitol.

Participants will include Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican from Miami, who is running this year in a district that includes Broward County. Also on hand will be Jose Dugand, pastor of a 2,500-member church called Ekklesia Global in Miami.

Backers include Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform; and Senator Robert Menendez, a Cuban-American Democrat from New Jersey.

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