We were there last November when Rep. Luis Gutierrez held an event at St. Pius Church on Chicago's West Side that highlighted those families being torn apart by the country's broken immigration system. In the months since, Gutierrez has replicated that meeting in churches and synagogues in 21 cities nationwide as part of his "Family Unity" tour.  On Saturday, over a thousand people gathered at McCormick Place to conclude the "first leg" of this effort.  Gutierrez was joined on stage by numerous elected officials and activists -- all calling on President Obama to follow-through on his pledge to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority.  Watch it:

(UPDATE: On a very-much related note, today marks the one-year anniversary of the federal raid on the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing plant in Postville, IA.  The Iowa Independent has more.)