Posted on 05/20/2010 2:20:18 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
SEATTLE – An immigration rally that started outside the Federal Building in Seattle got physical after more than 100 demonstrators moved into a building that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency office and court.
The group, including Seattle City Councilman Larry Gossett and El Centro de la Raza Executive Director Estela Ortega, locked arms during the noon hour Thursday and blocked the elevators. When some people tried to get through the human blockade, they were pushed away.
After that, the crowd moved back out to the street, where they sat in a circle at the corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street. The group says they have no plans to move and intend to be arrested.
Police have arrived and closed off the streets leading to the protest.
The crowd is chanting "Obama, you promised; you've got to keep your promise!" and carrying signs that say "Immigration Reform Now" and "America Show Your Morals."
The rally includes a coalition of groups organized by the OneAmerica organization. On its website it calls for pressure on the Obama administration to pass an immigration reform bill this year.
I live in Tacoma. And like you, I avoid Seattle at all costs. Bellevue is a law abiding town, if I really need something big city. Seattle has been a mess since about 1997.
The Left brought up the amnesty debate so they could sadistically use the race card, but now me thinks it is getting out of hand. I wouldn’t be suprised that a few effite white libs suddenly start to get cold feet over the whole “let us beat whitey about the head with the race card stick.”
Yeah, and I presume they did it in that location because it’s so much easier to draft government union employees to participate.
We’re on the same page....I’d like to see that, too.
Lock & load Seattle. Lock & load.
Street theater, for the cameras, so the evening knews will show you how determined these people are to break our laws.
But we knew that.
I say no! No I won't.... But I'll show you my foot........and it would like to meet your ass.
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