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Rallies Press Immigrants to Register for Vote

By Scott Simon, Jennifer Ludden

Published September 2, 2006 at 5:55 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Demonstrations in Chicago, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., scheduled for the Labor Day weekend, will aim at registering voters. The idea is to catch the ear of Congress as lawmakers return from summer break.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

Jennifer Ludden

NPR National Correspondent Jennifer Ludden covers economic inequality, exploring systemic disparities in housing, food insecurity and wealth. She seeks to explain the growing gap between socio-economic groups, and government policies to try and change it.