Immigrants Rally And Hold Boycotts Nationwide

LOS ANGELES - MAY 1: A man waves a mexican flag from a building as hundreds of thousands of immigrants demonstrate on May 1, 2006 in downtown Los Angeles, California. The demonstration, called "The Great American Boycott 2006: A Day Without An Immigrant" was organized by pro-immigrant organizations was planned to pressure lawmakers to pass immigrant-friendly legislation that might open the path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, who number as many as twelve million, about one in every twenty workers according to a recent report by the Pew Hispanic Institute. (Photo by David S. Holloway/Getty Images)