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Tens of Thousands of Latinos March in Washington

HeadlineOct 14, 1996

Tens of thousands of Latinos this weekend staged their first major march in Washington to protest against immigration and welfare reforms they view as a racist backlash against their community. Waving U.S. and Latin American flags and chanting slogans in Spanish, the demonstrators marched from a predominately Hispanic neighborhood to the Ellipse park behind the White House for a major rally. Estimates varied from 50,000 to 100,000 people, this according to the park police, who usually underestimate crowds. We’ll have more on that later in the show.

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