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Joining what some are calling the nation's largest mobilization of immigrants ever, hundreds of thousands of people boisterously marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants, penalize those who help them and build a security wall on the US southern border. Spirited crowds representing labor, religious groups, civil-rights advocates and ordinary immigrants stretched over 26 blocks of downtown Los Angeles from Adams Blvd. along Spring Street and Broadway to City Hall, tooting kazoos, waving American flags and chanting "Si se puede!" Some had just crossed the border, while others had been here for decades. Throughout the afternoon, protesters heard speakers demand a path toward legalization and denounce HR 4437, which would tighten border enforcement and crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers. The rally was organized by numerous unions, religious organizations and immigrant rights groups and publicized through Spanish-language media, which encouraged participants to wear white to symbolize peace and bring American flags. The mostly peaceful march stretched over 26 blocks, shutting down streets and tying up traffic around downtown for hours. Participants said the massive mobilization shows that immigrants' voices must be heard and that they are contributing to the country's economy.
View Replies To: calcowgirl One thing about being packed in like that in a crowd, ya never know what kind of communicable diseases you are exposing yourself too.
What our senators must remember is most of those 500,000 do not vote (legally that is) So if our Senators want to keep their jobs they better worry about the silent majority that is fed up with illegal immigration.
View Replies To: calcowgirl "voices must be heard and that they are contributing to the country's economy." So does the drug trade, prostitution, and organized crime, by those standards.
View Replies To: calcowgirl Today we walked out of a restaurant after a non-speaking illegal came to our table before we did we all told the manager we will NOT be back till all illegals are GONE out of this restaurant! We called our lawn service and told them they better not dare send any illegals to work on our lawn. We called a foundation company and told them we better not see any illegals working on our foundation or they are so out of here. Americans need to take a stand and if you go to a hotel and you see a non english speaking person cleaning your room callthe manager and front desk and have them remove the person immediately. Take a stand, boycott all mexican destinations like cozymel. If our politicians wont help lets show them where they can work in another country since they decided to insult every American today by waving their flag .
View Replies To: xcamel Sexual deviants would love for us to become part of Mexico. That way they can watch donkey sex shows and sleep with 12 year old prostitutes.
Does that mean they don't of course not if the Senators are really concerned about their jobs they would tighten voting laws too. The left loves unions most illegal immigrants are not in unions. But the unions are backing immigrations which lowers wages. So they are in favor of illegal immigration finally something the bosses and labor agree on.
View Replies To: stopem More Than 100,000 Rally For Immigrants' Rights Save It Email this Article Email It Print this Article Print It (AP) LOS ANGELES Tens of thousands of immigrant rights advocates from across Southern California jammed downtown to march Saturday in protest of federal legislation that would build more walls along the US-Mexico border and make helping illegal immigrants a crime. Protesters, many with their families and wearing white shirts symbolizing peace, came from as far away as Riverside County for a mass rally. They thronged the steps of City Hall, perched in trees and sat atop bus kiosks, chanting "Mexico!" and "Si se puede," an old Mexican-American civil rights shout that means "Yes, we can." The crowd was estimated at 100,000 and growing at noon, police Sgt. Police and rally organizers worked for weeks to arrange crowd and traffic control. Orange-shirted ushers helped guide the crowd, which held signs saying "Amnistia" and "Loving my family is not a felony." It was the largest of a series of school walkouts and work stoppages that were held Friday and Saturday around the country. They are expected to culminate in a "National Day of Action" April 10 organized by labor, immigration, civil rights and religious groups. The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would make it a felony to be in the US illegally, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the US-Mexican border. The Senate is to begin debating the proposals on Tuesday. President Bush on Saturday called for legislation that does not force America to choose between being a welcoming society and a lawful one. "America is a nation of immigrants, and we're also a nation of laws," Bush said in his weekly radio address about the emotional immigration issue that has driven a wedge into his party. Bush sides with business leaders who want legislation to let some immigrants stay in the country and work for a set period of time. Others, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, say national security concerns should drive immigration reform. We are not criminals," said Salvador Hernandez, 43, of Los Angeles, who brought his wife and four children and carried a full-sized, blue-and-white Salvadoran flag. Now a resident alien, Hernandez came to the United States 14 years ago illegally from El Salvador and has worked as a truck driver, painter and day laborer. "We want to work legally, so we can pay our taxes and support the country, our country," said Francisco Flores, 27, a wood flooring installer from Santa Clarita who is a former illegal immigrant. Arguments that the US must tighten its borders as a security measure in an age of terrorism didn't play with the crowd. "It's sugar-coating racism," said David Gonzalez, 22, of Moreno Valley. "When did you ever see a Mexican blow up the World Trade Center? In Phoenix on Friday, police said 20,000 demonstrators marched to the office of Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, co-sponsor of a bill that would step up enforcement along the US-Mexico border and create a temporary guest-worker program that would require illegals to leave after five years. The turnout clogged major thoroughfares in what officials said was one of the largest protests in the city's history. 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 Georgia Senate approval, would deny state services to adults living in the US illegally and impose a 5 percent surcharge on wire transfers from illegal immigrants.
View Replies To: unseen I just made my phone calls today. I wanted to call on a day where I could reference the riots/protests happening at that moment by illegals that couldn't even vote and that the Senators had better not listen to them over the voting public. I told them it's a slap in the face to every legal immigrant and to us citizens that they would even consider letting these people stay here legally. We have to speak out loud and clear that there is another side to the story - by the people who can actually vote in this country. The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet on Tuesday (I think) to make a mockery of their constituents' desires and of the Sensenbrenner bill waiting for them.
View Replies To: georgia2006 Hmmm most of the 33 up for reelection that aren't in a liberal fairyland state like NY. You don't think this bill going thru the Senate is a coincidence do you? In an election year most politicians would not touch this if they could avoid it. But the people are starting to speak and the Senators are tripping over themselves in an effort to get tough with the border. after the port deal when they understood the deep anger in the American heartl...
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