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 SAN DIEGO (AP) - Thousands of students protesting tough immigration bills being debated in Congress marched in California, Texas, Nevada and other states Friday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but there was a stabbing during a protest in Virginia.
The demonstrations coincided with the 79th anniversary of the birth of the late Cesar Chavez, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers union who became a champion of poor, Hispanic agricultural workers in the 1960s and '70s.
Students waved Mexican flags and signs saying "We are not criminals" as they demonstrated in San Diego's Chicano Park. A police spokesman said there were 1,500 protesters, although earlier police estimates put the number as high as 4,000.
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