Document 33.3: We Are America, 2013

In 2013 approximately two thousand demonstrators seeking to change immigration policy marched in May Day rallies in Los Angeles, California. The marchers called for immigration reform, which by the twenty-first century had become a key issue not only in this city located north of the U.S.-Mexican border but also throughout the United States.

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Questions to Consider

  1. Why do you think this demonstrator chose to carry the sign “We Are America”?
  2. What does the commonly used description of the United States as a “nation of immigrants” mean today?