Hundreds of Immigrants Protest on May DayPaul Hogarthbyline‚ May. 02‚ 2007Like the May Day Immigration Protests that rocked the political establishment last year, yesterday’s march from Dolores Park to Civic Center was truly beautiful – as hundreds of Latino families marched to demand an end to the ICE Raids and amnesty for undocumented workers. There were more American flags than Mexican flags, as the unifying message was that while immigrants are proud of their heritage, they demand the right to be seen as Americans. But as progressives remain split on the question of immigration reform, the usual suspects who infiltrate every San Francisco demonstration distributed leaflets to the crowd denouncing the “sell-out” leadership (SEIU, UNITE-HERE, the UFW, National Council of La Raza) for attempting to pass a flawed – but workable – bill in Congress. |