From NTIMC

Hundreds of Thousands March in Support of Immigrants

(DALLAS, April 9, 2006) – “Si, se puede! Si, se puede!” the chant rang out, from an ocean of protesters demanding an end to HR 4437, tough new immigration restrictions proposed in Congress which, among other things, would make being an undocumented alien a felony.

Clad in white to symbolize purity and solidarity, and most waving American flags, the crowds kept growing by hundreds and thousands as people poured into downtown Dallas to join the “megamarcha” – by all accounts the single largest protest in the history of Dallas – which had been organized by the League of United Latin American Citizens.

The mass of people, who besides chanting “Si se puede” (yes, we can in Spanish, a reference to the chant of Latino migrant farm labor activist Cesar Chavez) also yelled “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!,” and marched through downtown streets for a over a mile, surpassing all estimates of how many would show up.

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