Posted on: May 5th, 2008
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Immigration ]
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Texas ]
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Dallas ]
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deportation,
Raids
Knowledge is Power!
More than 100 marchers took to the sidewalks in Dallas on Thursday, calling for an end to raids and deportations as part of a comprehensive immigration overhaul – a group that stood in sharp contrast to the hundreds of thousands who marched in 2006.
They made their way downtown, arriving at Dallas City Hall around 6:15 p.m. with chants of “Sí se puede!” or “Yes, we can.”
Behind them, bells jingled from the carts of paleteros –or ice cream vendors – who are among the lowest of low-paid immigrant workers.
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