Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas Into Peaceful LA Immigration March

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Hundreds of Thousands Protest for Immigrant Rights

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants took to the streets on Tuesday in protests

in dozens of cities across the country. In Chicago, police said over 150,000

marched thru downtown. In Phoenix organizers put the crowd size at 100,000. In

Milwaukee Wisconsin, organizers estimated at 60,000 took part in the city's

second annual civil rights march and boycott. Another 10,000 immigrants marched

in Detroit and Denver. Los Angeles held two large protests on Tuesday. The

afternoon protest in LA ended when police fired dozens of rubber bullets and

tear gas into the peaceful crowd. Families with young children were forced to

flee for their safety. Eyewitnesses said police gave little or no warning before

firing the rubber bullets. The protests came on the first anniversary of last

year's historic May Day immigrant protests. In Los Angeles organizer Norberto

Martinez predicted protests over immigrant rights would continue.

Norberto Marinez: " It's not an issue that will go away. We're here, We're here

to stay. We're not going anywhere and we do need a solution, something that will

give us permanent residency. If it doesn't happen with the Bush administration

now it has to happen in the next administration. "

 

May Day 2007: Hundreds of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights

 

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants took to the streets on Tuesday in protests

in dozens of cities across the country. Calls focused on demanding a path to

citizenship for undocumented workers, ending immigrant raids and deportations

and rejecting anti-immigrant legislation. We speak with organizers of the day's

two largest protests: Los Angeles and Chicago. [includes rush transcript]

 

 

 

Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas Into Peaceful LA Immigration March

 

In Los Angeles, an afternoon immigrant rights march ended when police fired

dozens of rubber bullets and tear gas into the peaceful crowd. Families with

young children were forced to flee for their safety. Eyewitnesses said police

gave little or no warning before firing the rubber bullets. [includes rush

transcript]

 

 

 

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classrooms to Support Immigrant Rights

 

Students once again played a key role in the May Day protests. In Los Angeles,

city officials reported around six hundred students walked out of class to join

the march for immigrant rights. Meanwhile in Detroit, dozens of students were

arrested for taking part in a walkout that also protested the planned closure of

dozens of schools. We speak with two student organizers.

 

 

There is power in a factory, power in the land

Power in the hands of a worker

But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand

There is power in a Union

Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers' blood

The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for

From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud

War has always been the bosses' way, sir