Miami activists plan subdued march From: miamiherald.com

Just two years ago, hundreds of thousands of people rallied from Los Angeles to New York to Miami in a massive demonstration of immigrant power — a defiant display that generated broad political support for legalization of millions of undocumented workers, but also created a backlash that helped sink the proposal.

This May, amid an economic slump and an ongoing enforcement crackdown prompted in part by the failure of an immigration policy overhaul in Congress, a planned series of rallies across the country will be smaller and more subdued than those history-making demonstrations.

In Miami, advocacy groups have opted for an upbeat family affair on Saturday — a cultural festival in Florida City — designed in part to bring out immigrants who skipped demonstrations last year out of fear of attracting unwanted attention from authorities.”*

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