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| Immigration Rallies Draw Thousands Nationwide |
| 2006-03-25 |
| Hat tip: Drudge. EFL. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal Congress is considering bills that would make it a felony to be illegally in the United States, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border. The proposals have angered many Hispanics. I wonder how many of these 'hispanics' were legal residents or had green cards..... The Los Angeles demonstration led to fights between black and Hispanic students at one high school, but the protests were largely peaceful, authorities said. In Phoenix, police said 10,000 demonstrators marched to the office of Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, co-sponsor of a bill that would give illegal immigrants up to five years to leave the country. The turnout clogged a major thoroughfare. Only 10,000? "They're here for the American Dream," said Malissa Greer, 29, who joined a crowd estimated by police to be at least 10,000 strong. "God created all of us. He's not a God of the United States, he's a God of the world." Kyl had no immediate comment on the rally. At least 500 students at Huntington Park High School near Los Angeles walked out of classes in the morning. Hundreds of the students, some carrying Mexican flags, walked down the middle of Los Angeles streets, police cruisers behind them. In Georgia, activists said tens of thousands of workers did not show up at their jobs Friday after calls for a work stoppage to protest a bill passed by the Georgia House on Thursday. That bill, which has yet to gain Senate approval, would deny state services to adults living in the U.S. illegally and impose a 5 percent surcharge on wire transfers from illegal immigrants. Both of which are damn good ideas.... Supporters say the Georgia measure is vital to homeland security and frees up limited state services for people legally entitled to them. Opponents say it unfairly targets workers meeting the demands of some of the state's largest industries. Teodoro Maus, an organizer of the Georgia protest, estimated as many as 80,000 Hispanics did not show up for work. About 200 converged on the steps of the Georgia Capitol, some wrapped in Mexican flags and holding signs reading: "Don't panic, we're Hispanic" Maus: eah... well we only have 200 illegal aliens here but tens of thousands didn't work - beleve us! AP Reporter: Okay. No need to verify.... and "We have a dream, too." Jennifer Garcia worried what would the proposal would do to her family. She said her husband is an illegal Mexican immigrant. "If they send him back to Mexico, who's going to take care of them and me?" Garcia said of herself and her four children. Perhaps you should have thought of that before you married an illegal? "This is the United States. We need to come together and be a whole." Anyone notice that... 1) They did not identify which of their 'protesters' they talked to were legal residents or citizens. (Personally I think they all were illegal aliens). 2) They did not interview anyone who agrees with the bill (and there are a lot of them -- most legal immigrants for example). They want to leave the impression that nobody supports it. 3) No mention of the existing legal means of immigration. They want the impression that there are none. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #12 Of course they don't want to be thrown out now. They have it so good. We support their hordes of kids in our schools , hospitals, etc. Our roads are polluted and we can't drive. Noooo, they don't wannt to be thrown out. They want their rights as American citizens. Oooppss. Forgot. They are no such thing. They're illegals. Soon to be felons. I want to have one right also. I want to have the right to hunt them. I want a bounty on their heads. I want it to be legal to round them up. Do you think we'll have that right ? Or do we only have the right to donate our paychecks for their support? |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-03-25 22:29 |
| #11 Don't you know? Rules are for Republicans and laws are for Gringos. If you are a Democrat or a Mexican, the rules and and the laws don't apply. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-03-25 21:58 |
| #10 And tell your friends about rightmarch. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-25 17:10 |
| #9 Please join http://www.RightMarch.com/ now, if you haven't already. Together, we are making a difference. Today there are thousands of us, tomorrow, millions. Take back America. It's that easy. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-25 17:09 |
| #8 Wake Up. We are at a tipping point about losing our country. When these thieves take control, how tolerant do you think they will be treating the Anglos who let them steal the county back as they see it? Timew for some strightforward racial profiling here. If you think there are only 10 million illegals here you are delusional. Triple that number, and the jobs that Americans don't want apparently include construction and transportation as well as service industries.. Get a clue, Southern California is already lost. If you doubt that, I challenge you to drive in L.A. and turn on the radio, AM, and seek the channels. more than 75% are not in English my friends.... |
| Posted by: Hupager Elmavigum9647 2006-03-25 14:13 |
| #7 "Don't panic, we're Hispanic" Just not organic. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-03-25 13:44 |
| #6 nice PR move with the Mexican flags, idiots. We also need to repeal the "born here = citizen" statutes...illegals cross just to have children born here (free emergency room care, citizen children = harder to deport) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-25 13:36 |
| #5 Okay, now we've seen they can draw a crowd. I saw the footage of these slugs surrounding Kyl's office. He's doing his job. Did they have a permit? Was this approved by local LE? Do they have a right to attempt intimidation? They advertise these events well in advance so the party faithful, professional goons, and "activists" can get organized for the circus. The forces of Law and Order should do the same. INS should target as many "events" in as many places as they think they can handle with local LE assistance. Plan it out, get your ducks lined up, borrow prison busses, box them in and sweep the demonstrators up. This is a classic target-rich environment. Once you've made a sweep of such demonstrations - and deported or jailed the illegals and trouble-makers - the entire mass demonstration bit will dry up and you'll have gotten some of the real bad actors off the streets. Then send them a Thank You note for making it so easy. |
| Posted by: Grim Grin 2006-03-25 12:49 |
| #4 "They're here for the American Dream," said Malissa Greer, 29, who joined a crowd estimated by police to be at least 10,000 strong. "God created all of us. He's not a God of the United States, he's a God of the world." Oh I see, it's Human Right for all humans to live in America. And God says so. Rules be damned. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-03-25 10:54 |
| #3 Sounds like a backfire building up to me. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-25 09:54 |
| #2 See its nothing to do with 'immigration'. Its an invasion with the support by our own domestic quislings and useful idiots. Its not about christian compassion. Get you head out of your ass GWB. Its about being played by someone else. These people marching in the streets have zero loyalty to America. |
| Posted by: Hupeater Sninens8424 2006-03-25 09:19 |
| #1 I have a suggestion for all those assholes marching and shouting "MEXICO": GO TO MEXICO AND STAY THERE! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-03-25 09:10 |