Posted on 05/02/2002 12:27:56 PM PDT by 4America
LOS ANGELES - More than 5,000 people marched downtown to call for amnesty for illegal immigrants and freedom for foreign detainees.
May Day marchers held signs that read "Legalization Now" and chanted while marching to a steady drum beat. They held a sit-in in front of Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites)' Los Angeles office before holding a candlelight vigil outside the downtown Federal Building.
Police Department officers stood at every corner, some in riot gear, and a police helicopter hovered overhead, but there were no reports of problems.
"This is the international day of workers, and we want to call attention to workers' rights," said Ricardo Moreno, spokesman for the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights. His group and the other 80 organizations that sponsored the May Day rally want U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) to grant amnesty to all illegal workers.
"Most of these people are hard-working. They work in restaurants, clean houses and at car washes, and deserve to be treated fairly," Moreno said.
The groups also want the state to issue driver's licenses and identification cards to undocumented workers.
Davis, state Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, law enforcement representatives and immigrant rights advocates have been trying to craft a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.
The demonstration in Los Angeles was one of several May Day events in cities around the world.
"This march will serve as a testimony that immigrants not only work hard, but they can also unite and demand their rights as taxpayers," said Myron Payes, of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
Demonstrators protested the detention of hundreds of Arab and Muslim immigrants since the Sept. 11 attacks. They also denounced other forms of "immigrant bashing," such as impending rules that will force thousands of noncitizens to leave their jobs as airport security workers.
PING!!!!!
By reading this article, I'm more than convinced that these people are totally oblivious to the meaning & definition of "ILLEGAL".
Absolutely.
So let's round the bastards up, handcuff them to the seats in a bus and/or in an airplane and give them all a FRee Ride home!
Now! Considering the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number!
[Of AMERICANS!]
What could be fairer than that?
Interesting that they'd ally themselves with terrorists. Unless arabs are paying for this.
It's time to tell out public officials that American citizen rights only pertain to American citizens, and that, other than the right of life and worship, aliens have no rights.
It's time to get the facts out in the open, tell the truth about what is happening, and get the public outraged the way they should be.
Are we going to stand by and do nothing while our country is given away, or are we going to fight for it. As patriots, we have to stand up for the rule of law, the Constitution, as well as for our fellow American Citizens. It's time to stop the madness, and we need to coordinate an effort with virtually every true Conservative group in order to get our message out in the open.
Are we willing to contact every anti-illegal immigration website, newsservice, as well as general Conservative papers, websites, politicians, etc., giving the facts about what is occuring, telling them to publish the truth in their papers, asking them to attend rallys with us, and telling their listeners (if radio shows) about the problem, as well as asking them to participate in rallies? Are we willing to contact EVERY congressman and tell them the truth. Are we willing to support and run candidates for U.S. congress in every house and senate district? It's time we be more proactive, and we have got to get our a coordinated effort.
My son has been called European, and informed that this is their land and he needs to go back to Europe. Yep, I'm real sympathetic to their plight. Makes me want to run to the nearest voting booth and place my vote for the current Rino.
They didn't.
Count on it. GWB is pro 'open-borders.'
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