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Steffany Bustamante (left), Michael Gallego, and Maria Bustamante joined more than 5,000 people at a rally on the front steps of Chelsea City Hall yesterday.
Young voices

Many skip class to join protest

By Maria Sacchetti and Megan Tench
Globe Staff / May 2, 2006

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They knew they would miss study sessions for class exams and the all-important MCAS, which determines whether they graduate. But thousands of students in Greater Boston skipped school yesterday anyway to show support for immigrant rights and, in many cases, to march beside their parents. (Full article: 622 words)

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