Drumming preceded a group of several hundred people marching for immigrant rights Saturday through downtown Greeley.

Protesters gripped their signs as they waited for the marchers to approach their street corner at 9th Avenue and 9th Street.

The Aztec dancers from Denver, Grupo Tlaloc, led the marchers’ path from Island Grove Regional Park, burning tree sap and blessing people in the crowd until they reached the Weld County Courthouse, where they were met with a handful or two of protesters in a peaceful clash of sign language.

Protesters from Louisville, Boulder, La Salle and Aurora held up signs that read: “Jail anyone who hires illegal aliens,â€