Dueling LA immigration rallies
LOS ANGELES (AP) – There were dueling immigration rallies in L-A today, marking the one-year anniversary of a massive pro-immigrant demonstration that jammed downtown streets with a half-million protesters. Today’s rallies didn’t come close to bringing the crowds of the event they commemorated.
Several hundred immigrant rights activists marched downtown to protest immigration raids and demand reform. But police said the crowd was too thin to encircle the Federal Building as planned.
Blocks away, a group of anti-illegal immigration demonstrators demanded stiffer enforcement of the borders and verbally clashed with pro-immigration forces on the streets.
Earlier, hundreds attended an earlier pro-immigrant rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena that featured a speech from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Posted: March 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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