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A group of Tea Party activists and a busload of Catholic nuns are preparing to demonstrate outside the Atlanta offices of Georgia’s two U.S. senators Wednesday concerning the immigration overhaul bill now pending in Congress.

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, nuns on a 6,500-mile, 15-state tour will rally outside U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ Atlanta office in support of “comprehensive immigration reform for the good of the people and the good of the Georgia economy.” Top officials with the Georgia AFL-CIO and Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights are set to join them.

And at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, the Atlanta Tea Party is preparing to demonstrate outside of Sen. Johnny Isakson’s Atlanta office against Senate Bill 744, the sweeping immigration bill now pending in Congress. The group is urging its demonstrators to bring signs declaring, “Secure Our Borders First” and “Amnesty is Fiscally Irresponsible.”

Among other things, the Senate legislation would provide a 13-year path to citizenship for immigrants living illegally in the U.S. It would also make it easier for U.S. employers to hire more foreign workers. And it is aimed at clearing the massive backlogs in the legal immigration system.

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