Posted on: September 8th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Immigration ] [ Politics ]
Tags: citizenship, protest
“Several thousand immigrants and their supporters ”” far fewer than predicted ”” rallied before the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to urge Congress to make citizenship possible for those who have entered the country illegally.
In a muted echo of the massive immigrant-rights protests that filled streets from coast to coast in April, the predominantly Hispanic crowd waved American flags and chanted, “Si se puede,” Spanish for “Yes we can.”"
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