Published: February 25, 2010

Hispanic leaders expect 100 thousand people gather at the March for Immigration Reform to be held in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday  March 21.

Half of the attendees will come from the Washington area and the states of Maryland and Virginia, and the other half from other states across the country that are organizing convoys of buses to the capital.

Gustavo Torres, director of CASA of Maryland, said at a Tuesday press conference that churches, supermarkets and shops are organizing to achieve massive participation.

"We want this anger and frustration that we have at present to be reflected in the march on March 21," said community leader about the lack of response by the Congress to push a bill.

Torres said Latinos are fulfilling their tasks to achieve reform, such as lobbying efforts in Congress, marches, voter registration and participation in elections.

Leni Gonzalez of the Mexican-American Coalition for Immigration Reform, said "there is much disappointment in our community because we made those promises have not been met.

In the press conference also attended by Jaime Contreras, from the  32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Walter Tejada, Arlington County councilman.

Also, Margarita Ramon, the organization of Tenants and Workers and Carlos Saavedra, Soñamos Together Campaign, which promotes the legalization of thousands of undocumented students.

Saavedra said that currently many young people make a march from Washington to Miami to immigration reform.

"Some young people say they arrested my mother, now what?" Asked the young activist, urging parents to take to the streets "over the future of their children."