Rally Draws Thousands of Immigrants to Capitol
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Waving tiny American flags, a crowd of several thousand people -- almost all of Central American or Mexican origin -- rallied yesterday at the U.S. Capitol on a humid afternoon to call for immigration reform and demand a fair path to legalization for the country's estimated 12 million illegal...
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WASHINGTON -- From all corners of the United States, from Canada and even Peru, tens of thousands of people descended on the National Mall yesterday for the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday outside the White House to demand an end to the Iraq war as counter-protesters rallied to meet them on a planned march to the Capitol.
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Few people turned out Saturday for a rally demanding amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants, the latest sign of pro-immigrant groups' struggles to regain momentum after hundreds of thousands marched for the cause in the spring.
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NEW YORK -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched past the Madison Square Garden site of the Republican National Convention today, chanting, blowing whistles and carrying anti-war banners as delegates gathered to nominate President Bush for a second
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With the dome of the US Capitol as a backdrop, thousands of Indian people from across the Americas gathered on the National Mall yesterday to witness the opening of the Smithsonian&#39;s
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Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in marches for and against the government in the capital, Quito.
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Tens of thousands of Italians  under heavy police guard marched through the city of Vicenza on  Saturday to protest at the expansion of a U.S. military base  that has divided the center-left government.
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Thousands of people supporting more lenient treatment of illegal immigrants marched through downtown Chicago and rallied at the lakefront Wednesday, calling for a moratorium on deportations.
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Several thousand protesters marched Saturday from the White House to the Capitol to demand an end to the Iraq war, and at least 160 people were arrested when they jumped a barricade at the foot of the Capitol steps.
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Hundreds of casino workers and state employees rallied outside New Jersey&#039;s capitol Thursday to protest a state government shutdown that is keeping more than 80,000 people out of work.
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It's one of the hottest tickets in Washington this winter, and unlike most of the parties planned for President Bush's second inauguration, it's free and the dress is come-however-you-can-stay-warm. But getting one of the 250,000 tickets to Bush's swearing-in ceremony on the steps of the Capitol won't be easy, particularly for people from so-called red states that voted Republican in November.
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More than 100 people began a fast on  Wednesday to protest U.S. treatment of immigrants seeking  permanent residency or citizenship, which they say has worsened  since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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A Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday called for a federal immigration raid at a meeting in the U.S. Capitol hosted by the Senate's No. 2 Democrat.
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In far smaller numbers than they did this spring, supporters of illegal immigrants marched in several U.S. cities Monday, calling for them to be given the chance to live and work freely in the United States.
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The Bush administration and key congressional Democrats and Republicans stepped up their efforts to sell a broad immigration compromise Thursday as lawmakers braced for a public backlash at home.
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New feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities are helping fuel a rise in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become U.S. citizens.