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Una Dia Sin Immigrantes/A Day Without Immigrants

May 02, 2006 · 13 comments

I was at yesterday’s May Day march in San Francisco. Quite a turnout! And a very different demographic than the ones against the Iraq war (although, of course, there’s noticeable overlap). I marched with a group of Chinese immigrants and children of Chinese immigrants, including some friends from CJWP. I also met my friend Thu at Civic Center – that was an interesting challenge!

Here’s a photo of marchers (from my cell phone camera):

!Photo of march for immigrant rights.

I read a few news articles after the march. It sounds like several businesses were affected, including a few that had to close down operations. Hopefully, this will ultimately result in positive change, such as HR 4437 being replaced with something saner (e.g., something that’s not as crazy as deporting 11 million people or charging teachers as criminals because their students might be undocumented immigrants). Of course, there’s always danger of backlash. And, in an election year, some politicians may be using some pretty weird logic in coming up with their positions.

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