Immigrants Speak Out

Supporters carry the American flag during the Downtown rally.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Supporters give a yell during the Speak Out rally.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Carlos Parron, a participant in the rally, waves a Mexican flag.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Rosa Yolanda Araujo, 62, of Los Angeles, gives the issue a face during the candlelight procession.  (Francine Orr / LAT)

A group of nearly 300 protesters march through the streets of Berkeley on Monday.  (Robert Durell / LAT)

Demonstrators march in downtown Bloomington, Ill., as part of a nationwide day of unity on behalf of immigrants.  (David Proeber / AP)

Abigail Hernandez, 10, front left, and her younger sister Judith Hernandez, 8, front right, of Lexington, stand near the front of the crowd gathered for an immigration protest in downtown Lexington, Ky.  (James Crisp / AP)

Protesters march in Dodge City, Kan., in support of immigrants’ rights. Demonstrators took to the streets across the United States in support of an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.  (Michael Schweitzer / AP)

Demonstrators wearing white and carrying U.S. flags march in Norfolk, Neb., in support of an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.  (Dennis Meyer / AP)

Michelle Zuniga, center, takes part in an immigration reform protest in Pensacola, Fla. The sign reads “We Want Just Laws.”  (Tony Giberson / AP)

Demonstrators march from Chinatown to a rally at Love Park in Philadelphia, just one of several rallies across the nation demanding fair immigration reform.  (Matt Rourke / AP)

Protesters in Harlingen, Texas, join tens of thousands of others filling the streets of cities across the country in a national day of action.  (Joe Hermosa / AP)

Johana Rivera, 3, of Portland, joins her parents and others in a demonstration in support of immmigrants’ rights in Portland, Maine. Rivera’s parents are from El Salvador.  (Pat Wellenbach / AP)

Demonstrators shout and brandish posters during a rally today in New York for immigration rights. Tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets of US cities for the second day of demonstrations against a proposed crackdown on an estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants.  (Don Emmert AFP/Getty Images)

Activists rally for immigration rights outside the office of U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) today in Schaumburg, Ill. H.R. 4437, which criminalizes undocumented immigrants and the people who help them, has triggered large-scale protests and rallies across the country.  (Tim Boyle / Getty Images)

Demonstrators attend a rally today to protest immigration legislation in Columbia, S.C. The Coalition for New South Carolinians organized the march from Finlay Park to the State House in downtown Columbia.  (Gerry Melendez / AP)

Demonstrators carry Mexican and U.S. flags at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., at a rally today hosted by the Arkansas Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  (Danny Johnston / AP)

Protestors chant slogans as they march down 16th Street in Washington, D.C., today. Tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets of US cities for the second day of demonstrations against a proposed crackdown on the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants.  (Paul J. Richards AFP/Getty Images)

Marchers gather at Guadalupe Plaza today in Houston, joining tens of thousands of immigrants in dozens of cities across the nation in peaceful protests against proposed immigration legislation.  (Nick de la Torre / AP)

Jennifer Sanchez, 11, is among the 300 people attending a rally in protest of immigration legislation before in the U.S. Senate. The crowd is gathered in Sasscer Park near the Federal courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, Calif.  (Don Kelsen / LAT)