Pilgrims in Guerrero, Mexico carry a torch and an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the fourth day of their walk from Mexico City to New York City.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Pilgrims in Guerrero, Mexico carry a torch and an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the fourth day of their walk from Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The pilgrims, who are family members of migrant workers in the U.S., plan to arrive in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on December 12, the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Their pilgrimage is meant to draw attention to the plight of illegal migrant workers and to request that they be treated fairly. |
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