Phoenix:Thousands march to protest immigration legislation
by Guess Who Posted This Friday, Mar. 24, 2006 at 11:52 AM

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.

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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 St. Agnes Catholic Church near McDowell Road and 24th Street to Kyl's office on 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. advertisement




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.

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