Thousands Rally In LA For Immigration Rights

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Sep 2, 2006 3:53 pm US/Pacific

(AP) LOS ANGELES .. The event, called “La Gran Marcha Laboral,” was organized by the March 25 Coalition, which put on a massive protest earlier this year ..

Police put the crowd at 15-hundred people, while some attendees estimated the event attracted between five thousand to six thousand people.

There were no reports of any arrests.

Saturday’s march was a prelude to a gathering planned for Monday in downtown Los Angeles. State and local officials are expected to gather at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels before a Mass is celebrated by Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles ..

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