【双语新闻】美国民众为非法移民争取权利 (Protesters Demand Greater Rights for

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星期一(041006)

美国民众为非法移民争取权利 (Protesters Demand Greater Rights for Illegal Immigrants)

美国各地的抗议者开始游行，为1100多万非法移民争取更大的权利。今天是“移民公正全国行动日”，亚特兰大市的示威者身穿白色T恤衫，挥舞美国国旗。首都华盛顿和其他100多个城市也将有民众上街游行。

星期天，大约35万人在达拉斯市游行，另外几个城市也有人举行了抗议集会。

今天的游行是针对国会众议院一项提案的一系列抗议活动的最新的活动。众议院提案将非法移民定为重罪，并要求加强边界安全，重罚雇用非法移民的公司。批评者说，这个提案不公正地把矛头对准了到美国寻找工作的人，这些人大部份是拉美裔。

Protesters have begun new marches in the United States to demand greater rights for more than 11 million illegal immigrants. Demonstrators wearing white t-shirts and waving American flags paraded today (Monday) in Atlanta as part of the National Day of Action for Immigration Justice. Marches also were planned in Washington, D.C. and more than 100 other cities.

Some 350-thousand people demonstrated in (the southern city of) Dallas on Sunday, and protests were held in several other cities.

The marches are the latest in a series of protests against a House of Representatives proposal that would classify illegal immigrants as felons. The House bill also would tighten border security and impose heavy fines on companies that employ illegal immigrants. Critics say the proposal is unfairly aimed at mostly Hispanic immigrants who enter the country to find jobs.