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Opponents of amnesty for illegal immigrants rally in Santa Clara CA
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 5 May 2006
| Julie Patel
Posted on 05/05/2006 7:59:27 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
Opponents of amnesty for illegal immigrants rally in Santa Clara
By Julie Patel
Mercury News
About 100 opponents to amnesty for illegal immigrants rallied today -- Cinco de Mayo -- in Santa Clara's Central Park.
The group, some dressed from head to toe in red, white and blue, waved American flags and held up signs that read ``Protect our borders,'' and ``Enforce our laws.''
Santa Clara tech worker Jill Easton said her concern with illegal immigration was economic. ``Because of all the illegal immigrants, our hospitals are broke and are schools are broken because we're pouring all this money out,'' she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: borders; cincodemayo; illegalaliens; illegalinvaders; illegals; shamnesty
We got our message out today, with a plethora of media present. I'll report back when more media reports come in. Stay tuned!
Meanwhile... WE RETURN Saturday, May 6, 12noon to 4pm for another rally. Central Park in Santa Clara on Kiely Blvd. Look for the American flags (naturally)
To: CounterCounterCulture
What's up with all this Mexican flag waving?
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posted on
05/05/2006 8:19:17 PM PDT
by
Firefigher NC
(You light ‘em, we fight ‘em!)
To: CounterCounterCulture
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posted on
05/05/2006 8:38:19 PM PDT
by
Rick_Michael
(Look at profile for current ways to deal with illegals immigration)
To: Syncro
Friday, May 5, 2006 (05-05) 17:01 PDT Santa Clara, Calif. (AP) --
About 150 demonstrators lined a busy boulevard here Friday to protest illegal immigration and counter the massive pro-immigrant rallies that have dominated recent headlines.
The protest in Santa Clara's Central Park was one of about 30 such demonstrations against illegal immigration planned for Friday in cities nationwide, according to organizer Roberta Allen.
"We're here to show the legislators that there's another side to the immigration issue," said Allen, 62, a San Jose optician. "We should start enforcing laws on the books, start enforcing laws on employers and start taking away perks" such as free health care and education.
The protesters, who were mostly white and middle-aged, waved American flags and held signs that read "Mr. President, Secure Our Borders Now,""Immigrants Yes, Illegals No" and "Wait Your Turn, No Amnesty."
(SNIP)
"Mr. President, Secure Our Borders Now <<< That one was mine. :-)
"Immigrants Yes, Illegals No" <<< The other side of my sign was a variant of this (it said "Legal Immigrants YES; Illegal Invaders NO).
To: Firefigher NC
Sounds like an invasion to me.
KNTV-11 newscoverage click VIDEO: South Bay Residents Gather For Anti Illegal Immigration Rally on the right sidebar for the video broadcast.
KPIX-5 (same AP article as that of KNTV-11, but play video on right side of page for KPIX's newscoverage)
KGO-7 May 5 - BCN - The massive immigrants rights protests that raged nationwide Monday stood in stark contrast to the muted anti-illegal immigrant demonstration attended by nearly 200 people in Santa Clara today.
Looking more like a picnic gathering with a few dozen people lining Kiely Boulevard at Central Park with protest signs, the rally nonetheless had its moments of heated debate.
"We are the indigenous people of this land. This is stolen land," local La Raza representative Quetzaoceloacina, who came with a dozen people to counter the anti-illegal immigrant protesters, said today. "You are the ones who are illegal aliens," she told a demonstrator who begged the difference before the two were separated by a police officer.
(SNIP)
"We're outraged about their defiance of the laws that we have," Alan Hall, 41, of San Jose, said today. "What we want isn't much -- secure borders. We want people who are here to belong here. People who are legal citizens who have gone through the legal process, those are the people we want in this country. What we are opposed to is the illegal invasion of our country."
I like this Alan guy. I recommend some nice young Freeperette to date him. ;-)
An illegal immigrant rights protestor Anita Craig holds up a sign and a flag at an illegal immigrants rights rally in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Roberta Allen, of the anti immigration rights group, Illegal Immigrant Protest, wears American flag contact lenses in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2006, during an anti immigrants rights rally. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
An immigrants rights supporter who goes by the name Quepzaoceloaciua, from the Barros Defense Committee, holds up an Mexican flag as she argues with Jerry Rodrigues, right, an anti-immigrant rights protestor, from Santa Clara, Calif., during an anti-immigrants rights rally in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Great job! Thank you for the report.
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posted on
05/05/2006 10:31:44 PM PDT
by
djreece
("... Until He leads justice to victory." Matt. 12:20c)
To: CounterCounterCulture
GREAT JOB 3C. Wish I could join y'all but that's not a possibility.
Your AP photographer captured a few of our events over here.
Stay the course and pass out a few Atta-Boys/Girls to your co-patriots from me.
To: CounterCounterCulture
Good photos, but the AP photog's captions leave a lot of confusion...
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posted on
05/06/2006 3:57:28 AM PDT
by
tgslTakoma
(I nominate Freeper "jveritas" for Freeper of the year!)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Keep up the great work!!
It's time for a D.C. FReeper to wish we were out there.
From the news article,
"Some of the other visitors to the large, popular park said they agreed with the protesters on the issue, but didn't feel strongly enough about it to join in."
That is also part of the problem - let someone else worry about it. Sounds like a RINO to me. Sure glad there were very few RINOs around in 1776.
[Mr] T
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posted on
05/06/2006 4:00:33 AM PDT
by
trooprally
(Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
To: CounterCounterCulture
The immigrant advocate with the Aztec name has got it all wrong.
If she is angry about "illegal invasion" let her take her protest to Spain.
To: tgslTakoma
Their captions truly suck and are deceptive. Amazing how often they often leave out "ILLEGAL."
updated Merc News article...
By Julie Patel
Mercury News Waving American flags and attracting supportive honks and derisive jeers from passersby, Bay Area residents who stood on the edge of Santa Clara's Central Park on Friday said their voices had also been pushed to the fringe in the debate over illegal immigration.
``I'm just a worker, and I deserve the right to voice my opinion and to be heard,'' said Elizabeth Hernanadez, an electrician whose great-grandparents emigrated from Mexico. ``I understand people want to have a better life, but they should do it the right way and understand that we are struggling, too, to pay all these taxes to support them.''
(snip)
Glad to see my friend Elizabeth get quoted.
To: CounterCounterCulture
I like this Alan guy. I recommend some nice young Freeperette to date him. ;-)
Well then, you should maybe post a picture of him lookin' all cute 'n stuff.
= )
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posted on
05/06/2006 7:57:04 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: AnnaZ
Isn't the fact that he has a great personality good enough? :-p
(they can always go to his profile page to see the studmuffin, defending America.) ;-)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Good job FRiend!
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posted on
05/06/2006 8:19:53 AM PDT
by
Drango
(No electrons were harmed in this posting. Several however, were inconvenienced.)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Isn't the fact that he has a great personality good enough? :-p
Of course. (Not.)
Have at 'im, ladies. Look, even married women can't keep their hands off!
= )
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posted on
05/06/2006 8:51:39 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: CounterCounterCulture
I like this Alan guy. I recommend some nice young Freeperette to date him. I'm a personal FRiend of Alan. He rocks, and I give my highest recommendations to any and all FReeperetts looking for a date with one Kool guy.
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posted on
05/06/2006 2:01:42 PM PDT
by
Drango
(No electrons were harmed in this posting. Several however, were inconvenienced.)
To: CounterCounterCulture; AnnaZ
I had looked at your profile page in a long time.
That graphic of the LA freeperettes is very funny.
But, Anna is no longer a LA girl...she is now a Texican...but she will always be part of our crew.
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posted on
05/06/2006 5:44:49 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(Now go bang your heads on your desks until something useful comes out!)
To: feinswinesuksass
Duh.... had NOT looked....
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posted on
05/06/2006 5:45:30 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(Now go bang your heads on your desks until something useful comes out!)
To: feinswinesuksass
The pic is cute, 'cept for our bizarrely morphed faces. LOL!
;^)
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posted on
05/06/2006 6:08:30 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: feinswinesuksass; AnnaZ
I think you're only down to 2 L.A. girls now, yes? One in Tejas, one in Oregon, one in Switzerland (for a few months)...
Getting harder to do a reunion with y'all. :-/
Anyway, back on topic... we had another rally today and the crowd seemed to be larger for our side. Yay!
To: CounterCounterCulture
"An immigrants rights supporter...."
"...of the anti immigration rights group..."
Who wrote this crap?
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posted on
05/06/2006 9:55:21 PM PDT
by
NapkinUser
(http://www.vasquezforidaho.org/)
To: NapkinUser
It's sickenly dishonest "reporting."
To: Robert Drobot
LINK
Immigration-reform rally -- but this one is against
Robert Drobot of Milpitas, pictured, and dozens of like-minded protesters stage an anti-illegal immigrant rally at Central Park in Santa Clara along Kiely Boulevard to make their views known amid the much larger marches and demonstrations that have captured the majority of media attention of late. Their rally was part of a nationwide effort on Friday to give voice to the anti-illegal immigrant side in the wide-ranging immigration-reform debate. Chronicle photo by Michael Macor
To: All
NOTE:
We want to keep this momentum going.
We plan on doing this again NEXT SATURDAY, 11:30am start time.
Different location: NW corner of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvds... parking should be easier.
To: CounterCounterCulture
Can you spot who considers themselves
an American in this photo?
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posted on
05/07/2006 9:47:58 AM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Liberals saying "We Support The Troops" is like OJ looking for the real killers.)
To: CounterCounterCulture
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posted on
05/07/2006 5:38:07 PM PDT
by
Rick_Michael
(Look at profile for current ways to deal with illegals immigration)
To: CounterCounterCulture
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posted on
05/07/2006 5:41:02 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: CounterCounterCulture
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posted on
05/08/2006 3:33:34 AM PDT
by
stevio
(Red-Blooded Crunchy Con, American Male (NRA))
To: CounterCounterCulture
The other side of my sign...
Excellent! Two sided signs rock!
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:47:36 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(Give me Liberty or give me the ACLU)
To: CounterCounterCulture
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posted on
05/15/2006 7:13:50 AM PDT
by
goprowen
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