Dartmouth protest reflects heated national debate
Jeewon Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Tempers flared among Dartmouth students, faculty, staff and community members throughout Monday as they participated in events centered around the immigration debate as part of a national organized movement called "A Day Without Immigrants." While the morning march, attended by 200 people, was relatively calm, the rally, disrupted by a plane towing an anti-illegal immigrant banner message, helped fuel the friction that evolved into hostility at the evening moderated discussion. After daytime activities concluded, 150 students turned out for the discussion, resulting in the last-minute decision to relocate it from Rockefeller 2 to the more spacious 105 Dartmouth Hall. In addition to the banner, anti-immigrant flyers and impassioned mass blitzes perhaps drove some students to attend who may have otherwise chosen not to. The immigration supporters who marched, rallied and spoke throughout the day were just a few of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters across the country who participated in demonstrations and economic boycotts aimed at demonstrating the impact of undocumented immigrants on the national economy. HR 4437, also known as the Sensenbrenner Bill after its Wisconsin sponsor, Rep.
