StopRaidsRallyFor the 200 people who marched Sunday from the governor’s mansion in St. Paul to U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s residence, the message was twofold: End workplace raids and reform immigration laws.

Eduardo Cardenas, a member of the Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Coalition, which organized the rally, said he is tired of elected officials wasting time and energy while millions of immigrants live in the shadows.

“We are passing a message to everyone in this neighborhood, in this city and in this state — that we’re tired of criminalizing hard-working immigrants,