>"These people out here want to be a part of the American dream,"
>Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said of the protests. "I support them."
>
>Although several public figures, including Villaraigosa and Cardinal
>Roger M. Mahony, urged students to stay in school, the crowd
>included many schoolchildren.
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