Immigration rallies sweep through US cities

Immigration rallies sweep through US cities

Apr 10, 5:15 PM (ET)

By Andy Sullivan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through U.S. cities on Monday, waving American flags and banging drums to demand dignity and rights for millions of illegal immigrants.

A wave of protests, which some have compared to the 1960s civil rights movement, has been stirred by legislation that would turn illegal immigrants into felons, fence off the U.S. border with Mexico and punish groups like churches that help undocumented workers.

"Last time I read the Bible, there was no requirement to be checking passports," complained Carol Vega, who came from Puerto Rico, joining thousands of others marching through Washington to gather near the Congress building.

Many wore white T-shirts symbolizing peaceful protest and held banners declaring: "We are America."

"We come over here and break our backs and still they discriminate against us and label us as nobodies," said Diana Delcid, whose parents came from El Salvador.

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy likened the recent protests that have swept the country to the drive for civil rights by black Americans a half century ago.

"Dr Martin Luther King Jr. called on the nation to let freedom ring," Kennedy told the Washington rally.

"It is time for Americans to lift their voices once again -- this time in pride for our immigrant past and in support of our immigrant future.

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Damn it don't citizens get any say in this? I don't employee and illegals and I don't make a dime off them. I've always cared for my own lawn, cared for my own kids, and done my own repairs or paid 'America workers' to do the repairs.

What the hell is the point of being a citizen if you're going to give non-citizens as many rights as citizens? I want them all deported because they are law breakers and potential terrorists. Bush and Co made a big deal out of 'Homeland Security'! Is this how you secure the nation by letting in Fox's rejects and giving the same rights as citizens? I thought we elected Congress to represent 'American interests' and not those of foreigners.

It's fitting that Kennedy is pro-illegal since he got a slap on the wrist after letting a girl drown!