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Immigrant boycott aims to "close" US cities
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Apr 27, 2006 12:01pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, April 27, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pro-immigration activists say a nationwide boycott and marches planned for May 1 will flood Americas's streets with millions of Latinos to demand amnesty for illegal immigrants and shake the ground under Congress as it tackles reform.
But while such a massive turnout could make for the largest protests since the civil rights era of the 1960s, not all Latinos, nor their leaders, were comfortable with such militancy -- fearing a backlash in Middle America.
"There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles alone. We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno," said Jorge Rodriguez, a union official who helped organize earlier rallies credited with rattling Congress as it debates the issue. |
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