On Monday April 10th, 2006, immigrants and their allies continued their recent historic mobilizations in cities all over the US to oppose HR 4437. They have been demanding real immigration reform that is comprehensive, respects civil rights, reunites families, protects workers, and offers a path to citizenship for the current undocumented and future immigrants to the US. In California, organizations in cities across the state showed what California would look like if immigrants did not work in positions such as dishwashers, cooks, housecleaners, nannies, gardeners, office workers, and in dozens of other jobs.

In San Jose, marchers filled two lanes of traffic for 15 blocks of Santa Clara Street. Marchers included many families, workers still in uniform from construction trades, office jobs, service jobs, and many students - a very predominantly Latino crowd, though immigrants from many nationalities were represented, from Latin America to Southeast Asia to India and other places. Energy was high as the march neared City Hall, with the throngs of marchers spilling into the closed-off blocks near the new buildings and cheering and shouting, "si se puede," in anticipation.
Photos from San Jose: 1 | 2 | 3 · Report

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