Anyone have an estimate on the march/Boycott today?

[Flabbergasted]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5792724,00.html

Immigrants Walk Off the Job in Boycott

Monday May 1, 2006 11:16 PM


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By GILLIAN FLACCUS

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of mostly Hispanic immigrants skipped work and took to the streets Monday, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants.

From Los Angeles to Chicago, Houston to New Orleans, the ``Day Without Immigrants'' attracted widespread participation despite divisions among activists over whether a boycott would send the right message to Washington lawmakers considering sweeping immigration reform.

``We are the backbone of what America is, legal or illegal, it doesn't matter,'' said Melanie Lugo, who was among thousands attending a rally in Denver with her husband and their third-grade daughter. ``We butter each other's bread. They need us as much as we need them.''

Police estimated 400,000 people marched through Chicago's business district and tens of thousands more rallied in New York and Los Angeles, where police stopped giving estimates at 60,000 as the crowd kept growing.

An estimated 75,000 rallied in Denver, more than 15,000 in Houston and 30,000 more across Florida. Smaller rallies in cities from Pennsylvania and Connecticut to Arizona and South Dakota attracted hundreds not thousands.

[Robbie Michaels]

1. 500,000 In Los Angeles

If not more...two friends say it's a bigger crowd than last time. People of different races have joined in the protest. Even some antiwar protesters (one Pinche Guerra sign) are there.

[Flabbergasted]

2. Nice!!

[TankLV]

3. At LEAST more than ONE person in a COUPLE of cities!

That's probably the MSM's take on it!!

[AtomicKitten]

4. Here in SF there were a gazillion down at City Hall

or so it seemed like it. No official count. Beautiful day for a protest.