"“We hope to get to be respected as people, because we are not animals, we are human beings,” said Martinez, who moved to Los Angeles 14 years ago fleeing violence in his country."

You want respect? How about entering the U.S. through the front door, not sneak across the border and then demand YOUR rights.
It's interesting to note this is a lengthy article about "immigrants", and the word "illegal" not mentioned once. The effort is in full swing attempting once again to make us believe the "immigrant" of today is simply taking the same  path as our fathers and grand-fathers. Sorry -they're not.