Thousands of people from all over the US marched on the Arizona state capital to protest at the state’s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration.

A man has been arrested after a nine-year-old girl wrote to Santa asking that a relative stop touching her and her sister.

Hundreds of thousands of people demanding US citizenship for illegal immigrants took to the streets in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego yesterday in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the US last month.