Waving signs saying “Wisconsin is not Arizona,” “We deserve drivers licenses” and “Dream the American dream,” thousands of marchers make their way to Veterans Park Sunday. (Photo by John Sterr)

Thousands of people, including a large contingent from Clarke Square, marched in support of immigration rights and against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget cuts May 1. The march and rally at Veterans Park, sponsored by immigration rights group Voces de la Frontera, has been held annually in Milwaukee since 2006.

Thousands march towards downtown Milwaukee. (Photo by John Sterr)

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Raised in a South Side neighborhood where he still lives, Edgar Mendez is the managing editor of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in journalism and sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in communication. He won a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and 2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards for his reporting on taverns, marijuana law enforcement, and lead in water service lines. In 2008, he won a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism. His writing has been published by the Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media. He has also co-authored three articles published in scholarly journals.