Local News in Brief : Amnesty PR Campaign
Using Spanish-language newspaper and radio ads, bus signs and even street posters, a coalition of immigrants’ rights groups plans a monthlong publicity campaign to encourage immigrants to apply for amnesty before the program ends May 4.
Citing what she called a “less than aggressive public awareness campaign” by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a spokeswoman for the coalition said Thursday that the group’s media campaign is an attempt to “fill the void” in getting the word out to prospective amnesty applicants.
Only about 1 million immigrants throughout the country have applied for the program, which was set up to handle nearly 4 million applications, said Linda Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles.
The media campaign, funded through $50,000 in private foundation grants, is planned to last through February, Mitchell said.
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