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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Local nuns hope the White House will put immigration on its agenda.

Billboards put up in Youngstown by the Ursuline and Humility of Mary Sisters draw on the Gospel of Matthew.

The sisters are part of a nationwide effort to have the president and congress enact comprehensive immigration reform.

They are also calling on states to refrain from passing laws that would restrict the human rights of immigrants.

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