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La '''Gran Marcha''' (aka "The Great March" aka "The Great |
La '''Gran Marcha''' (aka "The Great March" aka "The Great American Boycott") 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 U.S. immigration laws and U.S. national security. |
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The marchers also gathered in opposition to the recent actions of the Minutemen Project, Save Our State, and other groups calling for greater immigration restrictions and regulations. |
The marchers also gathered in opposition to the recent actions of the Minutemen Project, Save Our State, and other groups calling for greater immigration restrictions and regulations. |
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La Gran Marcha Overview
La Gran Marcha (aka "The Great March" aka "The Great American Boycott") 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 U.S. immigration laws and U.S. national security. The marchers also gathered in opposition to the recent actions of the Minutemen Project, Save Our State, and other groups calling for greater immigration restrictions and regulations.
The March In Los Angeles
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.[1]
Marchers in Cleveland
"Downtown Cleveland Ohio at the Public Square near Tower City and the heart of downtown Cleveland. A few hundred people of Mexican, Central American, Chili, Dominican, Argentina, and PR decent gathered in unison to fight against and defeat the racist and genocidal bill HR 4437. It was a day to be seen and heard. To boycott those whom have become rich off of our labor and buying their products!" Chicahua Necahual, Immigration Rights Activist
See also
- Great American Boycott
- Immigration reform
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Immigration to the United States
- Open immigration
- United States immigration debate
- Save Our State
- Minutemen Project
External links
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- ^ Teresa Watanabe and Hector Becerra (2006-03-28). "How DJs Put 500,000 Marchers in Motion". LA Times.
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