March 26, 2008, 3:32 pm
Immigrants March for Schools and Housing
By Sewell Chan


About 1,500 immigrants marched to City Hall from Battery Park this morning to call for improvements in education, working conditions, housing and education programs. More than 70 immigrant groups were represented. (Photo: Annie Tritt for The New York Times)

About 1,500 immigrant New Yorkers and their supporters marched to City Hall from Battery Park today to draw attention to school financing, on-the-job accidents in the construction industry, access to housing and other issues that they described as critical for the city’s foreign-born population.
Holding signs that read, “Proud to Be an Immigrant!â€