Media Credit: Meg Loucks
Dora Hidalgo of Corpus Christi, president of the South Texas Amigos de Mexico...
Posted on 04/30/2006 9:20:51 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
On a day that is celebrated as Labor Day in many countries, local supporters of immigration law reform will once again take to the streets Monday with American flags to promote awareness of what immigrants offer this country.
"I think it's important that the community knows that immigrants are professional people who are not treated as such here because they do not have the proper paperwork," said Dora Hidalgo, president of South Texas Amigos de Mexico and a march organizer. "It's to promote awareness to the contributions they have made to the country and the community."
The march, or la marcha, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Memorial Coliseum. Marchers will proceed along Shoreline Boulevard to the federal courthouse and back. After the march, several immigrants will speak about their role in our community.
Hidalgo said organizers are asking people to wear white shirts and red bandanas. She said the shirts would be a symbol of peace because the march is a peaceful demonstration.
The League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 1, the American GI Forum and the Coastal Bend Cesar Chavez Organization are also helping with the march.
"May 1 is Labor Day in most countries around the world and it is celebrated in honor of those who lost their lives to gain the eight-hour work day," Hidalgo said. "That is why you are going to see demonstrations around the world to protest for the rights of the oppressed."
Monday also has been designated as a day for immigrants across the country to demonstrate the importance of their role in the economy and society by boycotting work and school. In Mexico, organizers are planning "Nothing Gringo," a boycott of American goods. Rallies are planned in Houston, Dallas, Lubbock and other Texas cities.
Hidalgo said it is strictly up to each person to decide if they will boycott work or school on Monday, but she has hopes to see thousands in support of immigration reform at the march.
Officials at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said they were not aware of any businesses closing for the march.
One business will be closed Monday, but only because it is the owner's usual day off. Regardless, Julia Bruni, owner of Magnifiers & More, supports immigration law reform.
"They do the jobs that no one else wants to do," Bruni said. "They work so hard, they do very well and then they open their own businesses and they turn around and employ us. To me, I think why not, they are going to pay taxes like the rest of us."
Victor Lara Ortegon, who moved to the United States from Mexico more than 50 years ago and hosted a local radio show called "Comentarios" to inform the public about political issues and education, said this nation needs immigrants.
"An immigrant was Albert Einstein, Henry Kissinger, the statue of Liberty is an immigrant and immigrants were the English that came to Massachusetts," Ortegon said. "I believe that what is happening Monday is good."
Ortegon said he and his wife would be at the march.
"I believe the message is very simple," he said. "This nation needs the immigrants, legally or illegally."
Dora Hidalgo of Corpus Christi, president of the South Texas Amigos de Mexico...
"An immigrant was Albert Einstein, Henry Kissinger, the statue of Liberty is an immigrant and immigrants were the English that came to Massachusetts,"
All legal there, Pedro.
This day should not be called as a march for IMMIGRANTS but rather a march for ILLEGAL ALIENS to show their disdain and contempt for the US. CONSTITUTION AND RULE OF LAW!
THIS IS MARCH OF THE ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO WISH TO HAVE THE USA ADOPT THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM OF MEXICO!
There is nothing peaceful about what they're doing. We're not fooled.
They want to overrun our country and they want to have the right to do that.
May 1 militant march to shutdown U.S.day
Racist, hate against all Americans especially white Americans, hatred for this country, disrespect all things American, communist, socialist, nazi, DAY march.
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¡Amigos de América Ping!
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I'm not surprised by this, but I am disappointed. I lived in CC for five years, and just adored the place--then.
Well, I'm with the illegals on part of this: we should immediately adopt Mexico's policies on immigration. But I'm sure that's not what they want at all.
"immigrants are professional people"
Sure.
If the U.S. "oppresses" illegal aliens then why do they continue to come here by the millions? Are they all masochists? The fact is that not only are they not "oppressed" in the U.S. but their lives are considerably better than they were in their third-world hellhole of origin. They get free health care, free education, and make more money in one day than they ever made in a whole month.
And they came to contribute to a nation and be part of it, not to illegally suck off of it.
LOL--so now they're "professional people"--a minute ago they were insisting that the invaders (I refuse to call them immigrants) did work Americans wouldn't. They need to get their talking points straight.
Many of us are all-too-aware of what they bring:
- 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
- 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
- Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
- 29% of illegal aliens are on welfare.
- 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
And then there are the diseases.
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"I think it's important that the community knows that immigrants are professional people who are not treated as such here because they do not have the proper paperwork," said Dora Hidalgo, president of South Texas Amigos de Mexico and a march organizer.Professional, eh Dora? Peruse this anecdote from North Carolina:
There is a Wal*Mart not too far from here that used to be opened 24 hours. They have had to change their policy at that one. It is close to an apartment that caters to the Hispanics. So many people are in one apartment that while some were asleep, some were working, some were working the parking lot for handouts and the rest were at the Wal*Mart waiting for their time to use the apartment. They took baths in the rest rooms, used the products from the shelves and replaced them, and changed to fresh clothes (straight from the racks) leaving the dirty ones in the rest rooms.** Sorry, I do not have a link to this. It was sent to me via email from a reputable source.
I've got a heavy shopping day planned tomorrow, briefly interrupted by lunch, coffee and dinner at some fine restaurants.
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