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Coalición hispana inicia campaña que destaca aporte de inmigrantes en Georgia

Atlanta, 12 sep (EFE)- Una coalición de organizaciones hispanas anunció hoy el comienzo de una campaña que busca destacar el aporte de la comunidad inmigrante en Georgia.

La Asociación de Funcionarios Electos Latinos de Georgia (GALEO), la Alianza Latina de Georgia Pro Derechos Humanos (GLAHR) y la Archidiócesis Católica de Atlanta son algunas de las agrupaciones que participan en la iniciativa denominada "Labor of Love", que fue dada a conocer en una conferencia de prensa frente al Congreso estatal, en el centro de Atlanta.

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Hispanics tug hearts at Capitol with flowers

By Mary Lou Pickel
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 09/13/07

Georgia's Hispanic leaders came courting with flowers in red, white and blue for key politicians Wednesday.

The floral-scented "Labor of Love" campaign represents a change in tactics for immigrant advocates who last year organized protest marches and boycotts for comprehensive immigration reform.

"We are your gardeners, your nannies, your neighbors," said Adelina Nicholls, executive director of the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights. "We are also Georgians."

Atlanta's former Mexican consul general, Teodoro Maus, said at a news conference near the state Capitol that the group is eager to change the negative impression of Hispanic immigrants.

"We knock on the doors of friendship to ask you to get to know us," Maus said, "and not fall prey to misinformation loaded with fear and hatred."

At the same time, across the street, Gov. Sonny Perdue hosted a news conference for Chinese businessmen building a plant in Fayette County. It had a larger audience. Perdue was not present to receive his flowers when the group went to his office.

U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss were on the list for the red roses, blue delphinium and white stock. The two Republicans supported the president's immigration reform bill this summer and then voted against it after being booed at a Republican convention in Gwinnett County. Immigrant groups generally favored the bill.

Absent from the gift list was state Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), who spearheaded a tough anti-illegal immigration bill.

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