National leaders of the immigration movement say they have formed an alliance to lobby Congress and register 1 million new voters and citizens between now and Election Day 2006.

Immigration reform bills before Congress have triggered large street demonstrations and produced divisions in political parties. The House of Representatives passed a bill to make illegal immigrants felons and impose criminal penalties on those who help them. Immigration advocates want to give the 11 million undocumented workers here a shot at becoming U.S. citizens.