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Article: Protest Crosses Bridge Over Troubled Issue; More Than 20,000 Demand Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants in United States
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- The Washington Post
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- April 2, 2006
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Within sight of the Statue of Liberty, thousands of young
families, teenagers and activists walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
on Saturday demanding an end to second-class citizenship and amnesty
for illegal immigrants.
The demonstration, which drew more than 20,000 participants, was
the latest in a series of protests that have sounded across the
nation. The peaceful crowd that turned out reflected New York's
cultural mosaic. Chinese immigrants chanted in Spanish while
indigenous dancers in feathered headdresses burned sage. Korean folk
musicians ushered a crowd that included a clan of women who cried:
"Like Martin Luther King, we have a dream."
"My dream is to have equality for people who ...