A crowd of Demonstrators marched through the streets of Hollister on Monday, April 11th in response to the new legislation that is being passed in the federal government. The crowd numbered 200+ people marching for a mile through town picking up momentum and people as they marched through the street to the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Hollister. All of the speakers spoke about how they, their friends, and family members would like to be treated with dignity for the vital jobs that they do from working in the fields, working in restaurants, as well as the hospitality business. The last speaker at the protest stated that MAY 1st will be a day of action for the immigrants across the country to stay home from work and demonstrate how the United States would run without the labor of “Illegal” Immigrants. Read more

see also: Millions March on "Day Without an Immigrant" on Indybay's Immigrant Rights page