'Day Without Immigrants' Goes Off Without A Hitch

"Nearly 100 people gathered at the Oregon Capitol Monday, joining other "Day Without Immigrants" protests around the nation," the Statesman Journal reported.

"Hundreds" of people reportedly turned out in Kansas City on February 14. That is a very small share of the 150,000 migrants who live in the Kansas City metro area, according to an estimate by the pro-migration American Immigration Council.

"Hundreds" of people protested in Washington D.C. while waving Mexican and Honduran flags, according to pro-migration activist Erika Andiola:

The protestors called for amnesties and a "path to citizenship" although most politicians reluctantly recognize that the public strongly opposes labor migration.

In Houston, organizers claimed "between 2,000 to 3,000 people attended the local event on Monday," said ABC13.com. which quoted one of the organizers:

"The idea is that folks take time off of school and work in order to bring attention to the plight of immigrants," said Cesar Espinosa of FIEL Houston. "We want to show that immigrants make a vital part of our economy and society."

Roughly 1.7 million migrants live in the Houston metro area, according to the American Immigration Council.

Seven people protested in Boston, Mass. Ten people protested at the bay bridge in San Francisco. Perhaps two hundred protested in New York. A hundred or more protested in San Francisco.

Illegal migrants argued that they are needed by Americans as if Americnas cannot do the migrants' jobs or develop machines that can do the migrants' work.

"If it wasn't for us, what would this country be?" Monica Valdivia told Action News in Fresno, California.

In Utah's Salt Lake City, protesters "waved Mexican flags and handmade signs that read 'Citizenship now' [and] one protester held a banner that read, 'America runs on immigrants,'" according to the Salt Lake Tribune.