-- by Frank Trejo, The Dallas Morning News:

When the morning of April 9, 2006, dawned, with its clear blue skies and warm sunshine, it unveiled the reality of a dramatic demographic shift that had been building in Dallas and North Texas for a decade. 

Thousands upon thousands of people, most of them Hispanic, came downtown by bus, DART train, automobile and foot to protest what they believed to be unjust immigration laws. The numbers astounded even the organizers. Slowly at first, then rapidly, the streets filled with people spilling onto side streets and eventually into the plaza in front of City Hall. 

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