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 　　NEW YORK — Immigration advocates in theUnited States continue to press for sweepingreforms that will clear a path to citizenship forall immigrants, including those without validvisas, and grant them access to many of thebenefits and protections that U.S. citizens enjoy.In immigrant-rich New York, the new mayor ishoping to implement a new universal identitycard program that will help undocumentedimmigrants move into the city’s mainstream.

　　Mere blocks from City Hall, immigration advocates rallied for what organizers billed as “A NationalDay of Action.”

　　Nisha Agarwal, New York City’s Immigration Commissioner, represented Mayor Bill de Blasio. Hehas made sweeping immigration reform a centerpiece of his policy agenda.

　　“So we’re here to support and also to show that New York is leading the way in terms of leadinga pro-immigrant equality agenda but hopefully [one] that hopefully the nation will follow,” saidAgarwal.

　　Carlos Menchaca, chairman of the City Council’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, sponsoredlegislation to issue municipal ID cards to every New Yorker.

　　“This legislation is designed to bring people out of the shadows and give them identification.This is for every New Yorker, it doesn’t matter your status. If you reside here, and you want toprove your identity, we want to give you a card,” said Menchaca.

　　Advocates - like Bakari Tsandia - say this will help the city’s African Diaspora community.

　　“… Because if you are undocumented, a person with an expired national ID, you will not be ableto have access to certain buildings," said Tsandia. "You will not be able to open a bank account.You will not be able to have a regular life as a normal New Yorker.”

　　Proponents argue that ID’s are key to economic empowerment in other ways. Without a validID, many new immigrants who drive taxis cannot get their driver’s licenses renewed.

　　Without identity papers, parents cannot enter their children’s schools for parent-teacherconferences. And advocates say children not born in the U.S. have another disadvantage.

　　Bronx community leader Abrourazakou Bowa took a group of high schoolers to an eventwhere IDs were examined at the door.

　　“The youth who were born here were able to enter. But those who came without any ID, we leftthem outside. Because of the ID. I was so sad about those two youths,” said Bowa.

　　Not everyone at the rally was in favor of reform. Peter Katalenas of New Yorkers forImmigration Control and Enforcement, has little sympathy for undocumented immigrants ofany age.

　　“We believe anybody who comes to this country without permission shouldn’t be here andshouldn‘t stay here. I wouldn’t want somebody to come to my house and live here with withoutmy permission.

　　I am sure most people don’t [want that either,” he said.

　　Analysts agree that the ID law and other immigration reforms are likely to pass the New YorkCity Council and be signed by de Blasio in the near future. Federal overhaul of immigration lawshas been stalled for months in the U.S. Congress, however, and little action is expected fromWashington prior to November’s midterm elections.

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