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#REDIRECT [[2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests#March]] |
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{{mergeto|2006 U.S. immigration reform protests}} |
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{{wikify-date|April 2006}} |
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La '''Gran Marcha''' (aka "The Great March") was a large collection of immigration and human rights protests which occurred on March 25th, 2006, in the united states and mexico. People gathered in protest of the proposed '''Sensenbrenner / King House Resoultion 4437 (aka H.R. 4437)''' which concerns USA immigration laws and U.S. national security. In downtown Los Angeles, CA. The march and rally consisted primarily of undocumented Mexican immigrants, Mexican-Americans, other Central American immigrants and Latino groups. The Asian community was primarily represented by Korean immigrants, Korean-Americans, and Chinese-Americans. Estimates of the crowd size were given at between 500 thousand and 1 million demonstrators with an average estimation being 750 thousand. As such, La Gran Marcha is the largest civil and human rights gathering in the history of the United States. Remarkably, not one arrest for disorderly behavior or rowdiness was recorded.<ref name="watanabebecerra">{{cite news|author=Teresa Watanabe and Hector Becerra|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-march28mar28,0,3303231.story?coll=la-home-headlines|title=How DJs Put 500,000 Marchers in Motion|publisher=[[LA Times]]|date=[[2006-03-28]]}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Civil disobedience]] |
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[[Category:Activism]] |
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[[Category:Protests| ]] |
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[[Category:Left-wing tactics and strategies]] |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.granmarcha.org GranMarcha.org - web site commemorating La Gran Marcha, rally against HR 4437 held on 3-25-06] |
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