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CA: More Than 500,000 Rally in L.A. for Immigrants' Rights
Los Angeles Times ^ | March 25, 2006 | Teresa Watanabe and Anna Gorman

Posted on 03/25/2006 4:34:12 PM PST by calcowgirl

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To: calcowgirl

Today we walked out of a restaurant after a non-speaking illegal came to our table before we did we all told the manager we will NOT be back till all illegals are GONE out of this restaurant!

We called our lawn service and told them they better not dare send any illegals to work on our lawn.

We called a foundation company and told them we better not see any illegals working on our foundation or they are so out of here.

Americans need to take a stand and if you go to a hotel and you see a non english speaking person cleaning your room callthe manager and front desk and have them remove the person immediately.

Take a stand, boycott all mexican destinations like cozymel.

If our politicians wont help lets show them where they can work in another country since they decided to insult every American today by waving their flag .


21 posted on 03/25/2006 4:45:53 PM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
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To: xcamel
Sexual deviants would love for us to become part of Mexico. That way they can watch donkey sex shows and sleep with 12 year old prostitutes.
22 posted on 03/25/2006 4:46:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: georgia2006

And being socialists they will vote for the socialist party.


23 posted on 03/25/2006 4:47:00 PM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
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To: calcowgirl

..I think you can declare it official--California is lost...


24 posted on 03/25/2006 4:48:32 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: SampleMan
"Encircle the rally. Move the herd back to Mexico."

Move em' up move em' out Rawhide!

25 posted on 03/25/2006 4:48:48 PM PST by Conservative Firster
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To: calcowgirl

Seeing this just makes me REAL mad.... and disgusted with our Government for not doing anything a long time ago!

Close the borders!!!!


26 posted on 03/25/2006 4:49:02 PM PST by Die_Hard Conservative Lady
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To: stopem

is this a satire???

you realize that one of the problems is that there are lots and lots of legal immigrants here, even from Mexico...also Ireland is one of the largest sources of illegal labor in Boston...but they speak english


27 posted on 03/25/2006 4:49:37 PM PST by georgia2006
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To: georgia2006
Legally they can't vote. Does that mean they don't of course not if the Senators are really concerned about their jobs they would tighten voting laws too. Now this is a liberal dis functional moment. The left loves unions most illegal immigrants are not in unions. But the unions are backing immigrations which lowers wages. The right likes law and order. But the country club Republicans like cheap labor. So they are in favor of illegal immigration finally something the bosses and labor agree on. And the ones that get screwed the American people.
28 posted on 03/25/2006 4:50:58 PM PST by unseen
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To: georgia2006

No I am VERY serious about this and we all know what a non-speaking illegal looks like by now.


29 posted on 03/25/2006 4:51:19 PM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
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To: stopem

More Than 100,000 Rally For Immigrants' Rights

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(AP) LOS ANGELES Tens of thousands of immigrant rights advocates from across Southern California jammed downtown to march Saturday in protest of federal legislation that would build more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and make helping illegal immigrants a crime.

Protesters, many with their families and wearing white shirts symbolizing peace, came from as far away as Riverside County for a mass rally. They thronged the steps of City Hall, perched in trees and sat atop bus kiosks, chanting "Mexico!" "U.S.A.!" and "Si se puede," an old Mexican-American civil rights shout that means "Yes, we can."

The crowd was estimated at 100,000 and growing at noon, police Sgt. Lee Sands said. There were no arrests or injuries.

Police and rally organizers worked for weeks to arrange crowd and traffic control. Orange-shirted ushers helped guide the crowd, which held signs saying "Amnistia" and "Loving my family is not a felony."

It was the largest of a series of school walkouts and work stoppages that were held Friday and Saturday around the country. They are expected to culminate in a "National Day of Action" April 10 organized by labor, immigration, civil rights and religious groups.

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border. The Senate is to begin debating the proposals on Tuesday.

President Bush on Saturday called for legislation that does not force America to choose between being a welcoming society and a lawful one.

"America is a nation of immigrants, and we're also a nation of laws," Bush said in his weekly radio address about the emotional immigration issue that has driven a wedge into his party.

Bush sides with business leaders who want legislation to let some immigrants stay in the country and work for a set period of time. Others, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, say national security concerns should drive immigration reform.

"They say we are criminals. We are not criminals," said Salvador Hernandez, 43, of Los Angeles, who brought his wife and four children and carried a full-sized, blue-and-white Salvadoran flag.

Now a resident alien, Hernandez came to the United States 14 years ago illegally from El Salvador and has worked as a truck driver, painter and day laborer.

"We want to work legally, so we can pay our taxes and support the country, our country," said Francisco Flores, 27, a wood flooring installer from Santa Clarita who is a former illegal immigrant.

Arguments that the U.S. must tighten its borders as a security measure in an age of terrorism didn't play with the crowd.

"It's sugar-coating racism," said David Gonzalez, 22, of Moreno Valley.

"How is that making the border safer?" he asked. "When did you ever see a Mexican blow up the World Trade Center? Who do you think built the World Trade Center?"

In Phoenix on Friday, police said 20,000 demonstrators marched to the office of Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, co-sponsor of a bill that would step up enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border and create a temporary guest-worker program that would require illegals to leave after five years. The turnout clogged major thoroughfares in what officials said was one of the largest protests in the city's history.

In Georgia, activists said tens of thousands of workers did not show up at their jobs Friday after calls for a work stoppage to protest a bill passed by the Georgia House on Thursday.

That bill, which has yet to gain Georgia Senate approval, would deny state services to adults living in the U.S. illegally and impose a 5 percent surcharge on wire transfers from illegal immigrants.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


30 posted on 03/25/2006 4:52:12 PM PST by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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To: unseen

"" Senators are really concerned about their jobs they would tighten voting laws too.""


can you tell me which senator would be in political jeopardy if they dont tighten voting and immigration laws?


31 posted on 03/25/2006 4:52:24 PM PST by georgia2006
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To: calcowgirl

Let's see....in 1984, there were 70,000 illegal protestors and in 2006, there are 500,000. I'd say that we've been invaded and taken over in the intervening 12 years..


32 posted on 03/25/2006 4:52:27 PM PST by Serenissima Venezia (U.S. a 3rd world soon: not educating enough scientists/engineers and being invaded by illegals)
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To: WalterSkinner

http://www.wehategringos.com/


33 posted on 03/25/2006 4:52:59 PM PST by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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To: WalterSkinner

You're about 100 years late on that call...


34 posted on 03/25/2006 4:53:01 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: stopem

""No I am VERY serious about this and we all know what a non-speaking illegal looks like by now.""


that isnt true...sounds like you have never met a non-english speaking legal immigrant


35 posted on 03/25/2006 4:53:45 PM PST by georgia2006
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To: calcowgirl

36 posted on 03/25/2006 4:55:52 PM PST by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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To: unseen
I just made my phone calls today. I had to leave a recording for half of the Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee (the other half's mailboxes were full - what a surprise!). I wanted to call on a day where I could reference the riots/protests happening at that moment by illegals that couldn't even vote and that the Senators had better not listen to them over the voting public. I told them it's a slap in the face to every legal immigrant and to us citizens that they would even consider letting these people stay here legally.

We have to speak out loud and clear that there is another side to the story - by the people who can actually vote in this country. The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet on Tuesday (I think) to make a mockery of their constituents' desires and of the Sensenbrenner bill waiting for them.

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37 posted on 03/25/2006 4:56:23 PM PST by Serenissima Venezia (U.S. a 3rd world soon: not educating enough scientists/engineers and being invaded by illegals)
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To: georgia2006
Hmmm most of the 33 up for reelection that aren't in a liberal fairyland state like NY. You don't think this bill going thru the Senate is a coincidence do you? In an election year most politicians would not touch this if they could avoid it. But the people are starting to speak and the Senators are tripping over themselves in an effort to get tough with the border. Esp. after the port deal when they understood the deep anger in the American heartland.
38 posted on 03/25/2006 4:56:51 PM PST by unseen
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39 posted on 03/25/2006 4:57:13 PM PST by Number57
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To: Brad's Gramma; freeplancer

Initial reports I read said 100,000.

I don't know what the right number is, but that picture is downright scary!


40 posted on 03/25/2006 4:58:06 PM PST by calcowgirl
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