Should their pleas be ignored, the organisations vowed to amplify their call across all the provinces to ensure that the government implements immigration laws without further delay.
Pressure on state resources due an uncontrolled influx of illegal immigrants has resulted in 35 organisations joining forces to demand their mass deportation.
Kgothatso Moloto, president of Voice It In Action, said the march was a culmination of all the efforts done by various entities that had for a long time demanded that South Africans be put first.