Freedom Tower Rally To Call For Immigration Reform

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Leaders of immigrant rights groups will join Miami Archbishop Tomas Wenski at Miami's historic Freedom Tower on Thursday to call on President Barack Obama to take action.

Last spring, Obama promised an executive order on immigration in the wake of congressional deadlock. He pushed off a self-imposed deadline during the unaccompanied minor crisis and then again ahead of midterm elections.

Now, immigrant and allied groups say it's time to act.

More than half a dozen farm worker and other groups will hold similar events in Tampa and Orlando. Their efforts echo a national call from Washington immigration organizations also set for Thursday. Advocates say the president has nothing to lose by providing a path to legalization for thousands of immigrants in the country illegally.

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