"A Silent People Will Never be Heard" - Tens of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights in Ne

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in New York Saturday in support of immigrant rights in what has been described as the largest rally of its kind in the city. The crowd stretched more than a mile as demonstrators marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to rally at a federal office building in Lower Manhattan.

With the Statue of Liberty in the background, marchers waved flags from more than a dozen countries, including the Stars and Stripes - and chanted slogans including "el pueblo unido jamas sera vencido" the people united will never be defeated, and "el pueblo callado jamas sera escuchado", a silent people will never be heard. A large number of those who marched Saturday were undocumented immigrants.

Democracy Now! covered the march on Saturday and spoke with some of the demonstrators about why they were taking to the streets.

* Immigrant rights demonstrators speaking in New York City, April 1, 2006.

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