Advocates push for immigration reform despite resistance

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KRIS CONNOR/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Eliseo Medina speaks during the America Deserves a Vote on Immigration Reform Rally on the National Mall in Washington DC on April 9, 2014. The rally is asking for immigration reform to pass through the House of Representatives.

Photo by Kris Connor

KRIS CONNOR/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Eliseo Medina speaks during the America Deserves a Vote on Immigration Reform Rally on the National Mall in Washington DC on April 9, 2014. The rally is asking for immigration reform to pass through the House of Representatives.

Photo by Kris Connor

KRIS CONNOR/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Eliseo Medina speaks during the America Deserves a Vote on Immigration Reform Rally on the National Mall in Washington DC on April 9, 2014. The rally is asking for immigration reform to pass through the House of Representatives.

Photo by Kris Connor

KRIS CONNOR/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Eliseo Medina speaks during the America Deserves a Vote on Immigration Reform Rally on the National Mall in Washington DC on April 9, 2014. The rally is asking for immigration reform to pass through the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON Arriving at the National Mall after a 30-state bus tour, Eliseo Medina on Wednesday got a crowd of immigration reform supporters roaring si, se puede and yes, we can in Spanish, English, Korean and Vietnamese.

The retired labor advocate is the acknowledged national leader of an effort to persuade Congress to pass a comprehensive bill with a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally.

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Advocates push for immigration reform despite resistance

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