Posted on 12/11/2004 7:21:33 PM PST by occutegirl
Protesters with signs and American flags stunned a Temecula Wells Fargo bank when more than 40 protesters greeted arriving customers Saturday, December 11.
Protesters were posted on either side of the entrance/exit driveway and spilled out along the length of the sidewalk.
Signs and flags waved. Signs read:
*The Wells Fargo stagecoach is running across the border, illegally
*Did you know illegals bank here?
*Terrorists open accounts at Wells Fargo (the man with this sign dressed in a Middle Eastern costume)
Bank-goers gawked. Passing motorists honked. The Well Fargo management fumed.
Many Wells Fargo customers spoke to we protesters.
The banks that DO NOT accept the Matricula Consular ID, were listed on a flyer we had printed up, which we distributed. We spoke to customers, who approached us, about illegal aliens' usage of the Matricula Consular ID.
In short, we had the opportunity to educate the general public.
One bank manager frequently stood on the stoop of the bank, arms folded, scowling. A seasoned security guard eventually stood at attention at the bank doors.
We think it is safe to assume Wells Fargo was abuzz with talk of the protest!
Wells Fargo called the police.
An officer walked among us and told us to remain on the sidewalk, which we were, of course, doing. We were polite and courteous to the officer and told her we would comply with all laws. We thanked her.
Fifteen minutes later, Wells Fargo had another police officer come upon the scene. He too walked among us and told us we must remain on the sidewalk. And, again, we assured the officer we would follow all laws. We thanked him.
Our numbers were large enough that we fanned out and covered both sides of the street, as a Bank of America is across the street from Wells Fargo. So we were able to also protest in front of Bank of America too.
Eventually, five counter protests showed up with homemade signs. It was a local, fourth generation Mexican American family, a mother and her adult children, and two Non-Hispanic college students.
We protesters swarmed the counter protesters.
Interestingly enough, as the two groups mixed and calmed down and talked, we discovered we had much in common. The Hispanic family does not approve of MECHA. The Hispanic family, just like we protesters, stated American employers are promoting illegal immigration. The Hispanic family and we protesters agreed that both the Mexican and U.S. governments are to blame for illegal immigration.
The Hispanic family and we protesters found common ground and we ended up on friendly terms!
The protest was a great success. We will be holding future bank protests and will keep you posted on dates and locations. Hope you can join us!
"Interestingly enough, as the two groups mixed and calmed down and talked, we discovered we had much in common. The Hispanic family does not approve of MECHA. The Hispanic family, just like we protesters, stated American employers are promoting illegal immigration. The Hispanic family and we protesters agreed that both the Mexican and U.S. governments are to blame for illegal immigration. "
Good for you and good for them!!!!
I'm curious, CBG. How good are you at what you do? Do you know your business activity inside and out?
You may want to do some research on posters before calling their professional knowledge into question. If Marine Inspector makes a comment about CBP activities and data, one would be well advised to listen to him.
I've very good, but I've yet to acquire the level of mind reading ability that MI seems to have mastered. Since you've brought up MI, I tend to dismiss anything that comes from him. In my opinion he's a selective discriminator, a defender of race based, abortion and eugenic promoting organizations like F.A.I.R, and someone with an agenda that only promotes his own interests as a federal bureaucrat. Just my opinion though. :)
I agree. What I'm looking for is certainty that the data is broken down by sending country (US) not the receiving country (Mexico). There may be Mexican expats all over the world.
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In numbers large enough to make a difference? I doubt it.
Well, we're all entitled to have those. You've been a member of FR since '98...you do know, don't you, that it is protocol to ping someone when you include them in a post?
Not when I didn't bring him up first as the topic of discussion. That's your obligation as an apparent follower of his, and I see you did just that.
No, the Inspector comes form my job as an Immigration Inspector.
I've got over 8,000 hours of hands on, personal experience dealing with legal and illegal immigrants. How about you?
Nope. No bureaucratic experience. Sorry.
Everyone is allowed to have an opinion, no matter how wrong it is.
He's just another open borders illegal alien activists.
Given your level of experience, I'll defer to you on that.
Thanks, so far none of my opinions have been proven wrong.
Don't get too puffy, chief. That presumes there exists an opinion of yours that someone's actually found to be of value enough to test its veracity. Most of the stuff you've posted would struggle to get past the 1 cent opening bid on Ebay.
You obviously haven’t been paying attention, but that's to be expected from someone like you.
Oh, I do. You provide my daily laugh! :)
"Oh, I do. You provide my daily laugh! :)"
You'll be laughing before they catch the illegal whereby you have a 1 to 3 chance of having your throat slit by instead of a home grown criminal. 1/3 of our prison is populated with illegals. And their victims dead relatives aren't laughing.
Shame on you. You won't take first hand testimony, what do you want? Talking points, are more believable I assume.
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http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/text/crimevictims.html
http://www.predatoryaliens.com/
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." - President Kennedy
Yes, I suppose there's some sort of national pride in hoping your throat is slit by a native rather than someone from another country. What's wrong with you? How completely sick, perverted, and disgusting.
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