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CNN Student News - Tuesday, May 2

1. From Los Angeles to Chicago to New York, thousands of immigrants filled the streets for what was called "a day without _____________________________________". They also boycotted school and work in some places.

2. Yesterday's peaceful protests were meant to demonstrate immigrants' contributions to U.S. society. Immigrants are trying to send a message to Congress: don't crack down on ___________________________ immigration.

3. Chanting "yes we can", waving flags and carrying signs, a sea of protestors poured through downtown Chicago, shutting the city's main arteries. Police estimated some ___________________________ took part in rallies.

4. In Denver, the city says a two mile march drew thousands of demonstrators. The day of economic protest by immigrants staying out of schools, work and shops impacts _____________________________ the most, where one in four are born outside the U.S.

5. In Florida, children marched off school buses and workers walked off the job, shutting down businesses, making some people _________________________.

6. From Atlanta to Houston to a human chain in New York, the rallies showed the strength of feeling among immigrants, especially from Latin American countries. Organizers say their message, the _____ to ______ million illegal immigrants are embedded in American culture. And Washington must give them the chance to be Americans.

7. The message is directed here at the nations capital while the voices of protest hit America's street, the response from lawmakers on Capitol Hill: largely ____________________________.

8. Between 1892 and 1954, I was a legal and medical checkpoint for immigrants to the U.S. During that time, about 12 million people passed through this location. Today, I'm part of the Statue of Liberty national monument. I'm ______________ ___________________, and my main building is now a museum of U.S. immigration history.

9. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who is himself a Latino, says he has mixed feelings about the protests. Richardson thinks people are demonstrating because they're frustrated, but he's concerned the protests could be a distraction. He says people need to push Congress to pass immigration _____________________.

10. Brent Wilkes, Immigration Rights Activist, “We can't play by the rules when the rules are that you can't play.” Well, you can play, but the rules are strict, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. First: Through ______________________________.

11. As the movie "Green Card" portrays, immediate families of U.S. Citizens can come in with relative ease; as long as they prove the relationship is not a fraud. But, bringing in others is difficult and ________________ consuming.

12. If you are from the Philippines and want your grown, married son to join you this year, you should have applied for his legal entry in 1988... Because that waiting list is ___________ years.

13. Immigrant sports stars, celebrities. People with highly specialized skills or advanced ________________________ can be brought in by employers.

14. But the less special they are, the harder it gets. People seeking political asylum are legally admitted while their cases are evaluated. So are investors who commit ________________________ dollars to build a U.S. business, or a half million if it helps a struggling industry.

15. And finally, there is the "diversity lottery." Out of the millions of low skilled and unskilled laborers who want to move to America every year, fifty-five thousand essentially have their names pulled from a hat each year. But, and this is important, if you are from ______________________________ or a handful of other countries that already sends a lot of immigrants, the State Department says your name cannot be in the hat.