Dallas Protests Reveal Relative Acceptance Of Immigration

The peaceful marches in Dallas have displayed a community in support of immigrant rights, in opposition to some "out of touch" pundits and politicians on the east coast.

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April 16, 2006, 11:00 AM PDT

By David Gest

"Surging down Ross Avenue Sunday in the center of that immense chanting mass--350,000 to half a million people in white shirts waving the American flag--I looked up at the buildings and thought, 'These streets have never seen anything remotely like this before.'

The march reminded me of the recent floods--a great natural force welling up suddenly, shoving aside all the social contraptions and political conventions we had imagined to be the reality. It makes so much of the Washington debate on immigration feel hopelessly loopy and out of touch: Does somebody up there actually think we're going to kick these people out of the country?"

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Monday, April 17, 2006 in The Dallas Observer

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