The protesters slammed the Obama Administration for reneging on its promise of immigration reform and, instead using federal immigration agents and even local police officers to crackdown on immigrants.
Based on Obama s reform plan, workplace enforcement and border security would be boosted and instead the government would grant millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens if they pay a fine and learn English.
However, the protesters, who brought a petition signed by more than 24,000 people, say the plan has only empowered police to act as immigration agents. The activists also criticized the US Department of Homeland Security s fingerprint sharing program.
US officials disagree on how to organize the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, mostly from Latin America, who live in the shadows in the United States.
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