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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Immigration debate opens new front on the Internet

This group is working to get pro-immigrant comments on the websites to counteract all the hateful comments that are there. I hope it helps. - - Donna Poisl

from Chicago Tribune

Chicago – The debate on undocumented immigration is now being pursued on a new front: the commentary section on newspapers' Web sites.

The Chicago Tribune reports that several Hispanics have formed groups to provide a counterweight to the negative commentaries about immigrants.

Sara McElmurry, head of communications for the Latino Policy Forum, decided to activate her "Comment Corps" when she saw comments that were "full of hate" concerning two articles about immigration in the online versions of the Tribune and Sun-Times, Chicago's two major dailies.
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