| Pro-immigrant groups are divided |
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NEW YORK -- Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation's attention, backers of efforts to legalize undocumented workers are divided about how to keep their movement going.
Today has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school, and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities. But with some growing tired of street protests, and others afraid they will be deported or fired for walking out, some people are planning to support the effort in other ways. ... |
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| Immigrants boycott work, shopping |
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NEW YORK Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation’s attention, what next?
Today has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities. But with some growing tired of street protests, and others afraid they’ll be deported or fired for walking out, people are planning to support the effort in myriad ways. ... |
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| Thousands Expected To Rally In Downtown Seattle |
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Nationwide, millions of immigrants are expected to boycott work, school and shopping on Monday, hoping to show how much they matter to their communities.
SEATTLE - They did it on April 10, and immigration rights marchers plan to flood city streets again on Monday.
"I think that what the history of America is," said Magdaleno Rose-Avila from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. "If you look at it closely, they have always rejected at first new immigrants whether it was the Poles, whether it was the Germans, whether it was the Irish." ... |
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