The car Caravan included over thirty cars as well as several passing motorists who joined in. The caravan never stopped, being several blocks long, the police were savvy to keep it moving rather than block traffic and garner more attention.

Disappointingly, the immigrant community did not come out as strongly as hoped due to fear of police. The caravan finished much quicker than organizers had projected, so people gathered across the street from the Bundoo Khan restaurant, where the indoor rally later took place. The police were present with surveillance cameras as well as checking on the capacity of the restaurant. No further incidents occurred, but as several speakers mentioned, it was symptomatic of the repression the immigrant community is currently facing.

Of the 82,000 immigrants who complied with the special registrations in 2002-03, none were charged with terrorism, however 13,000 are now being deported.

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