Massive crowds march in Phoenix in a peaceful protest against SB-1070 [Photo - Arizona Republic}
The crowd of protesters stretched more than a half mile through the city streets as the throng of people banged drums, chanted slogans asking President Barack Obama to intervene and waved American flags as they made their way toward downtown Phoenix. Organizers were scattered throughout the protesters picking up trash and providing water to the marchers as the day got progressively hotter.
The rally was peaceful as are the majority of rallies pushing for immigration reform. People attending this event came from as far away as New York and Texas and as close as California.
Speakers at the Capitol, included AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, spoke to the crowd about the climate of fear Arizona’s immigration-enforcement law has created.
“Immigrants are not the cause of Americas problems and (Senate Bill) 1070 is not the answer,” Trumka said.
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