Mega March: Photographs and Video Present Hundreds at Rally in Texas

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Adeola Adeosun

Weekend Evening Editor

Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Dallas on Sunday to display in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration insurance policies in the course of the 2025 Mega March.

Why It Issues

“Mega Marcha 2025” comes almost 19 years after the 2006 march, which was one of many largest immigration protests in Texas historical past with an estimated half-million members.

Based on Domingo Garcia, an organizer of each the 2006 and 2025 marches, the unique occasion “was a turning level in Latino political historical past” that “introduced collectively all ethnic teams, and that coalition has energized a brand new era of leaders.”

What To Know

Organized by The League of United Latin American Residents, the demonstration started at Cathedral Guadalupe with members marching down Ross Avenue to the sounds of Ray Charles’s “America The Lovely.”

The protest happens because the Trump administration has pursued insurance policies to extend deportations and get rid of range applications. Texas has been central to the immigration debate, with Vice President JD Vance lately visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Cross. Throughout his go to, Vance requested migrants with out authorized documentation to self-deport and return to their residence nations.

Vance’s border go to included a roundtable with Governor Greg Abbott and Legal professional Normal Ken Paxton, the place Abbott reaffirmed Texas’ assist for the administration’s immigration strategy. Abbott has directed state businesses to help federal officers in arresting undocumented immigrants and helped assemble further border limitations.

The various crowd ranged from kids in strollers to aged individuals in wheelchairs, with politicians together with state Sen. Royce West and U.S. Rep. Al Inexperienced becoming a member of march organizers on the entrance.

What Individuals Are Saying

Based on an announcement from the “Mega Marcha” group: “We march as a result of we imagine within the American beliefs engraved on the Statue of Liberty – that America is a rustic of immigrants and, like many people, additionally of native first People. We imagine that every one women and men are created equal, with liberty and justice for all.”

What Occurs Subsequent

With the protest concluding at Dallas Metropolis Corridor, organizers and members hope to keep up political momentum and proceed advocating for immigration reform.

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