Immigration Activists Plan Rally at ACCESS in Dearborn Tuesday

Dozens of Michigan families will gather in Dearborn on Tuesday to support a group of activists who are organizing a march on Washington D.C. in support of immigration reform.

The send-off event is being organized by Michigan United, and the United Auto Workers, and will take place at 7 p.m. at the ACCESS building, 2651 Saulino Court.

Roughly 500 families, students, community activists and other immigration reform advocates will meet with U.S. senators this week as Congress prepares to debate proposals to address more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

"We want to put pressure on Congress to pass a broad reform bill," said Paul Henderson, Midwest regional director for the Dream is Now, an immigrant advocacy group.

Henderson spoke to the Detroit Free Press during a similar rally in Ann Arbor in March.

For more information about today's rally, visit the Michigan United website.