Greeley Immigration Reform Rally Focuses On U.S. House Of Representatives...

Greeley Immigration Reform Rally Focuses On U.S. House Of Representatives, Rep. Cory Gardner

Everyone in the audience nodded their heads in agreement as Rhonda Solis discussed one of the largest immigration raids in U.S. history. Solis talked about the impact on Greeley when nearly 300 employees were arrested in a raid in 2006 at the JBS meat packing plant then known as Swift & Co.

"Greeley is the poster child for immigration reform," Solis said. "We have to continue to talk to friends and family and remind them what happened here. When these families were taken away it had a ripple effect on our community."

Solis, who is a Greeley native and a well-known activist in the Latino community, was referring to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that resulted in the arrests of more than 1,200 undocumented workers at Swift plants in Texas, Utah, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.


She was one of several speakers Saturday at an immigration reform rally at City Hall. The rally was intended to get the attention of Rep. Cory Gardner , R-Colo. who organizers say isn't doing anything about a bill now in the House of Representatives and already passed by the senate.

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Unfortunately, unless your name is Chevron or Exxon, Congressman Gardner won't give you the time of day.