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CHICAGO (AP) -- Unlike their counterparts in other U.S. cities, organizers of an immigrant rights rally here never called on anyone to skip school or refuse to go to work on the day of the event. But activists still expect to make a powerful statement as tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters march into Chicago's Loop business district Monday. "We are supporting this march because we want to show that immigrants are part of what makes America great," said Karen Popowski, the director the Polish American Association, which helped organized the Chicago protest. "We would not have supported...

Nearly 20,000 march in San Diego for immigrant rights ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of the nation's largest city on the Mexican border Sunday, demanding Congress abandon an effort to crack down on an estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally. Nearly 20,000 people gathered at Balboa Park - home to the San Diego Zoo and a slew of museums - before heading to the heart of downtown and a county administration building, police said. No arrests were reported.

ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a front for the communist/socialist Workers World Party, which was identified by former FBI Director Louis Freeh as a "domestic terrorist group," is behind the immigrant rallies taking place around the nation. ANSWER provided logistics (signs) for the immigrant rally in L.A. on March 25. ANSWER claims credit for organizing that rally. Here is a professional ANSWER protester at the anti-war rally in L.A. on March 18.  Here is the same professional ANSWER protester at the immigration rally in L.A. on March 25.  The Party for Socialism and Liberation is one of...