10000 people protest on cnn now n/t

[carolinalady]

[MadMaddie]

1. What are they protesting and where are they protesting?

[carolinalady]

3. Phoenix-immigration laws -marching to congressman's

office-apparently expected 2500 got 10k and police ar a little overwhelmed.....

[JackBeck]

2. Is it Paris?

[seattlemetal]

4. Is this the walk-out that was talked about on here yesterday?

[azmouse]

5. Here's the article from the Phoenix newspaper

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0324immigrationmarch24-ON.html

Thousands march to protest immigration legislation

The Arizona Republic
Mar. 24, 2006 12:20 PM

Upwards of 10,000 people marched this afternoon through central Phoenix to Sen. Jon Kyl's office to protest immigration legislation that they say is inhumane and punitive.

Authorities have blocked off sections of 24th Street as the demonstrators walked from a downtown Phoenix Catholic church to Kyl's office near 22nd Street and Camelback Road.

The marchers are protesting a congressional proposal to make illegal immigration a felony. Similar demonstrations are taking place today in Tucson, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

Kyl, along with fellow Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, backs a bill that in part would require workers to leave the U.S. to apply for temporary work permits.

The measure, approved by the House, would also impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal migrants and build a fence along about a third of the U-S border with Mexico.

The bill is to be voted on Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The rally is the largest in a string of grass-roots protests, marches and boycotts by Hispanics since 2004, when voters passed Proposition 200, a law that prohibits undocumented immigrants from voting or receiving certain public benefits..

[Rainscents]

6. Maybe this might be the beginning of "Revolution"?

[egadsbrain]

7. Immigrant Solidarity!

Probably won't get much coverage... like in life, you don't always notice the people who do the dishes, pick your veggies and do all the grunt work!

Marches coming up in NY, CO, NY, LA, SF, DC to protest Immigration Bill HR4437

http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/

[Pirate Smile]

8. I think CNN said they are going to end up at Sen. Kyl's office.

They are protesting the immigration bills in Congress, especially the House bill passed.

There was a huge one in Chicago last week.