Border Patrol Sweeps= Racial Profiling, Activists Say- Thousands Protest

Thousands of people gathered in Ontario in Southern California to protest recent Border Patrol sweeps taking place in area cities. Tired and worried, protesters were marching to demand respect for immigrant rights. An estimated 10 thousand people decried the recent detention of Latino immigrants by Border Patrol agents in Ontario, Corona, and other local cities. Despite intense heat, protesters waving banners and flags undertook the four-hour march on June 13 from Ontario to Pomona, Calif. [more]

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