Contact:

Louie Gilot

Communications Director

Border Network for Human Rights

(915) 274-0541

lgilot@bnhr.org

**Rally and Press conference Tuesday, December 15, 2009**

EL PASOANS GATHER TO WELCOME Rep. GUTIERREZ’S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION BILL

150 Community Members and Community Leaders to Show up in Support of Bill Being Introduced in Washington, D.C., Today

El Paso, TX –Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress tomorrow, December 15th, at 12 p.m. eastern time. This is the first immigration reform bill since the failed efforts of 2007 and it formally restarts the immigration debate.

The Gutierrez bill includes a whole section on border enforcement accountability and reflects the needs of border residents. More than 60 Congress members, including Congressman Silvestre Reyes and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, support the bill. Tomorrow, we will be able to release a synopsis of the Gutierrez bill to the media, provided directly by Gutierrez’s office.

The Border Network for Human Rights is organizing a rally and press conference tomorrow and we are expecting about 150 community members to join us, as well as representatives from the non-profit sector, businesses, religious groups, law enforcement, and others.

PRESS CONFERENCE

When: 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Where: San Jacinto Plaza/Plaza de los Lagartos, Downtown

Please join us.

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More information on the Border Network for Human Rights: This organization, founded in 1998, is one of the leading immigration reform and human rights advocacy organization in the United States. Based in El Paso, the BNHR counts about 4,000 members in El Paso and Southern New Mexico.