Immigration Rallies

People gather for a rally at Union Park in Chicago before the start of an immigration rights march Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Demonstrators demanding a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants rallied around the nation, hoping to spur Congress to act before the looming presidential primaries take over the political landscape.

Louis Ayala, 2, holds a sign as people gather at Union Park before an immigration rights march in Chicago, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

An unidentified woman draped in an American flag arrives at Union Park before an immigration rights march in Chicago, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

An unidentified Hispanic couple waits along a street in downtown Chicago for participants in the immigration rights march to pass their location on the way to a rally in Grant Park Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

An unidentified woman holds an American flag at Union Park west of downtown Chicago as people gather to participate in an immigration rights march Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

Los Angeles

Marcelino Rodriguez, 36, from Jalisco, Mexico, who has lived in the United States for 28 years, lifts his five-month-old son, Francisco, as demonstrators gather to rally in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Immigrants demanding a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants hope that nationwide marches will spur Congress to act before the presidential primaries take over the political landscape.

Protesters walk down Broadway Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, as they make their way to the Los Angeles City Hall for a rally. Angry over recent raids and frustrated with Congress, thousands of Hispanics and others took to the nation's streets Tuesday to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

Day laborers Lorenzo Organista, right, and Aura Ovando, left, both recent immigrants, hold up an American flag at the Day Workers Center of Mountain View in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 1, 2007 as they prepare for an immigration demonstration later in the day.

Senior gardener Rafael Cruz, left, rakes debris Wednesday, May 2, 2007, left behind from Tuesday's immigration rally at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles as rally participant Andres Meza carries a flag in the background. Police and demonstrators clashed at the park where officers fired rubber bullets and used batons against the demonstrators.

John Mack, president of the five-member Police Commission, right, speaks during a news conference with city leaders and Los Angeles police Chief William J. Bratton, left, at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Mack he was "deeply disturbed and very disappointed" by the images he had seen televised from MacArthur Park as police clashed with immigration protesters.

Associate Director of Development, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, of the Central American Resource Center, hands out flyers for Tuesday's multi-ethnic immigrant workers May Day march, Monday, April 30, 2007, in Los Angeles. Ruelas)

Phoenix

A immigrant rights supporter grasps a flag during an immigration rights march through Phoenix, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

Immigrant rights supporters march through Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

New York

Anti-immigration demonstrators protest across the street from an immigration reform rally in Union Square Tuesday, May 1, 2007, in New York. Many protests on both sides of the issue were held around the country.

Jersey City, N.J.

Alexander Alaca holds a U.S. flag and a sign calling for immigration reform as he marches with others to an immigration rally in Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, May 1, 2007. People at the rally called on Congress to stop increasing immigration fees and to act on immigration reform. The rally was one of several held around the state, and hundreds held around the country.

Orlando, Fla.

Moises Cruz Joaquin waves an American flag attached to a caulking gun during an immigration reform rally in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 1, 2007. A crowd of about 500 people showed up for the rally.

Las Vegas

Protesters are seen through an American flag as they rally to support immigration reform outside the U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

Portland, Ore.

Protestors march through downtown during an immigration protest in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Angry over recent raids and frustrated with the U.S. Congress, thousands of people protested across the United States to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

San Diego

A San Diego police officer steps between a member of the San Diego Minute Men group, left, and Ignacio Paredes, right, a Mexican-American citizen, in downtown San Diego where the Minute Men group showed up to confront immigration protesters, Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Paredes was not part of the immigration protest.