Almost half a million undocumented immigrants live in Illinois. In the Chicago area, undocumented immigrants generate more than 31,000 local jobs with the dollars they spend, and add $5.45 billion annually to the gross regional product. While the vast majority pay taxes, 75% lack access to health care, and undocumented immigrants report wage and hour violations and unsafe working conditions at much higher rates than immigrants with legal status.
The Chicago rally was organized by groups that included the Chicago Federation of Labor, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant Rights and Pueblo Sin Fronteras. Bus caravans are departing from -- and traveling to -- cities across the country, with final destinations in Washington DC on October 1 and a closing rally in Queens, New York on October 4.
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