Thousands demonstrating against proposals to tighten a US
immigration law staged protests in Los Angeles Sunday, dragging the
widespread demonstration into the third day.
At least 3,500 people demonstrated in downtown Los Angeles to
denounce the proposed legislation aimed at drastically curbing
illegal immigration, said the Los Angeles police.
The rally was held to show "support for meaningful immigration
reform and oppose inhumane legislation," said Mark Grossman,
spokesman for United Farm Workers of America, which organized
Sunday's demonstration.
The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that
would make it a felony to be in the United States illegally, impose
new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants, require
churches to check the legal status of people they help, and erect
fences along one-third of the US-Mexican border.
The legislation has spurred Americans, especially immigrants, to
demonstrate their outrage.
Protests erupted across the country over the weekend, led by
more than 500,000 people who marched through downtown Los Angeles
on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations in recent US
history. Marchers also took to the streets in Phoenix, Milwaukee,
Dallas and Columbus.
(Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2006)
