Immigrant-rights protestors take to streets - Yahoo! News

Immigrant-rights protestors take to streets - Yahoo! News: " Immigrant-rights protestors take to streets " By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman Tue May 1, 11:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 200,000 flag-waving, sign-carrying protesters marched in cities across the United States on Tuesday in orchestrated rallies intended to demonstrate the political might of Latinos and win amnesty for illegal immigrants. But the May Day demonstrations failed to live up to the promise of last year, when some 500,000 people poured into the streets of Los Angeles and Chicago in marches that were hailed as the start of a new American civil rights movement. Organizers blamed the lower turnouts in part on the failure of Spanish-language media to galvanize young people. Experts said immigrants and their leaders felt less urgency since a tough reform bill from last year was no longer before Congress.