San Francisco protests federal immigration bill

Passage of Immigration Bill HR 4437 will effectively make
recent illegal immigrants criminals.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

April 10, 2006

Immigrants' rights advocates rallied in San Francisco's Mission District today joining a National Day of Protest against proposed Federal felony status for undocumented immigrants.

Rallies, press conferences, and marches were held in Bay Area cities San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley.

San Francisco rally forms at 24th and Mission Streets

The Bay Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition drew speakers from the community leaving an elected official without opportunity address the crowd of 200.

Leland Yee

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