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1. When they made it clear that no human being is illegal.
2. And when they demanded respect.
3. Because citizenship unites us.
4. The rally turned out a HUGE crowd.
5. Like, really big.
6. It was a sea of comprehensive immigration reform advocates.
7. And the crowd was diverse.
8. They came out for citizenship.
9. Because immigration is an LGBT issue, too.
10. It's deeply important to the Asian American community.
11. And the African American community.
12. And faith leaders, too.
13. It's about all people, of all ages, really.
14. Including this 5th grader.
15. And people even younger.
16. They stressed that immigration rights = worker rights.
17. And AFT president Randi Weingarten gave a shout out to the labor community.
18. She was backed up by so many others.
19. When Los Tigres del Norte performed and the crowd danced it out.
20. When they wanted to know, WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
21. Because people were about to get arrested.
22. Over 200 advocates!
Arrested!
23. There's Congressman Luis Gutierrez.
24. And there's Congressman Charles Rangel. He got arrested too.
25. But don't worry, still plenty more to arrest!
26. There they go.
27. Gregory got arrested. But he's not your model minority.
28. Because at the end of the day, we all deserve civil rights.
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