Posted on 03/25/2006 4:55:23 PM PST by AZRepublican
From the Editors:
The big story of yesterdays protest rally’s across the country over immigration reform was not the numbers of protesters or immigration reform controversies, but the protesters own remarks over what they believed they were fighting for. The remarks illustrate what many may have already known in their gut: the constant exploitation of minorities via partisan politics and far-fetched Supreme Court rulings has lead to a false illusion of rights and national identity.
It's this illusion that rights advocates today find worthy to exploit to advance whatever cause they may be peddling. In the process, millions of desperate people are being lead by a false sense of entitlement. Our foolish broken system no longer serves no one -- it only serves to serve more foolishness.
The real losers in all this are the common American who must bare witness to the foolishness before them. The political pandering; the cries for ever more rights of those who in reality have no standing to demand from this country.
And one must ask: Where were the protests in Latin America yesterday? Surely such a large group of Latinos who left their home countries for a better life here would organizing rally’s back home for the very goals they came to seek in this country? There is something uneasy about a group of people who rally for changes for themselves in another country but not their very own.
What follows is a collection of remarks by those who were protesting against immigration reform yesterday. We'll let their own words tell the story, no further comments is needed:
"This is only the beginning," said Alfredo Gutierrez, a former state lawmaker.
"I don't care. I want to help my people. The (Sensenbrenner) law is bad for immigrants. It's time for the sleeping giant to wake," said Felix Lopez.
About 200 converged on the steps of the Georgia Capitol, some wrapped in Mexican flags and holding signs reading: "Don't panic, we're Hispanic" and "We have a dream, too."
"All we desire is those rights the American Supreme Court has said is guaranteed to all persons by the constitution. We want the same equal rights as anyone else in this country, for our children to receive a decent public education," said Roberto Gomez.
“Everyone wants to work. All we ask is that they let us continue to work and have a life here. We’re not asking for much,” said Catalina Sailly.
"Without immigrants, this country wouldn't be anything," said freshman Anna Benitez
"I'm here to make sure that the Mexicans get their freedom, their rights," said Montebello High School student Jeannette Garcia, 15, who held up a sign that said "Freedom."
Clutching Mexican flags, thousands in Phoenix chanted, "Si, se puede," a rallying cry of the United Farm Workers union that means "Yes, we can."
Isidro Ortega of Phoenix, who waived a giant Mexican flag, said "They want to make a law that would make it illegal for me to talk to my wife."
"It's about time we exercised some of our civil rights," said John Chavez.
“If we had the opportunity to make ourselves legal, we would have,” Juan said.
"I am a third-generation Mexican-American. I am not an undocumented immigrant, but I strongly support my undocumented immigrant brothers and sisters in their struggle for justice and their equal rights," said Marquez, the leader of Students United for Immigrant Rights.
"On the Statue of Liberty it says, 'Give me your tired, your hungry, your poor yearning for liberty,' and that's why we're here," said Michael Rosen, president of the local union representing teachers at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
"The United States of America was built and established for the freedom of people. We have to be united as one, liberty and justice for all mankind," said Magdalena DeLeon.
"It's a disgrace and racist to make it a crime for anyone to live and work in this country. There never should be any any racist laws to prevent anyone from becoming a hard working American citizen," said Mario.
So does that mean becaus eso many break these laws, that using your "logic" we also make hard drugs such as heroin legal as well?
By the way, most do not pay taxes. A very large number of them work under the table, so no taxes are paid. NEXT!
"How much later? They seem to be moving to the streets in large numbers now."
Right, and as soon as anyone marches against them, there are cries of 'racist' and almost certainly retribution against those who protest illegals' lawbreaking entry into our country. The same treatment is meted out right here on this board--anyone else notice that at one point, every single immigration thread had 'bigotry' added as a keyword? (seems to be largely mod-corrected since as keyword abuse) It's hard for compromise fans to deny that their primary argument for the amnesty is that asking for America's borders to be protected is akin to asking for a hood and fiery cross patch to be affixed to your breast. Americans are afraid to protest but lawbreakers flood the streets, unconcerned they will be subject to arrest, and the only reason anyone at all can claim to be for the amnesty is that they're already here. Not that this is a good thing. Not that it is a positive for America. That we're stuck with millions of illegals, and we should accept it and move on.
That's a Rat slogan. And I'm done moving.
Good! It'd be a shame if editors didn't know the difference between bare and bear. My other pet peeve is the misuse of the homonyms their, they're, and there
"immigration laws don't meet our needs"
That statement is a crock! Tell that to my son who couldn't get jobs(that I had growing up) over summers in high school or college because there was always an "immigrant" in that spot. The only way he was able to work was through networking with people I knew. I am damn sick and tired of hearing they do the "work Americans won't do."
This statement, beyond its patent absurdity, should be the cue for responsible media to ridicule the whole thing. Of course they won't.
And hey, if his wife's homely enough, maybe such a law is just the get-out clause he needs. But I digress.
The message, of course, is as muddled as it is misguided. They want rights (read: handouts) from the government of the United States? Then why brandish Mexican flags? Do you see Koreans, Syrians, South Africans or Senegalese waving the flags of their home countries while barking about what George Will calls "freshly-minted rights" once they have emigrated legally to the US? Isn't it the legal part that they are really protesting? And when will the next protest in favor of bank robbers and car thieves be, as long as we're promoting lawbreaking?
Absolutely not. First of all, I do not believe that guest worker status should lead to citizenship. Citizenship status should follow the same rules and quotas we currently have.
And a minor point is that I don't think we know how many of the illegals are Mexican. The Hispanics come from all different SA countries, as well as China, Europe, and Africa. The Irish PM was asking our gov't to allow Irish to stay, and that leads me to believe we have more Irish illegals here than any of us would guess.
I don't know where you live, but there are many areas of the country where there just aren't any unemployed teens. The illegals go where the jobs are - most teens won't.
Not all that long ago, teens were the ones who did yard work, delivered papers, babysat, did odd jobs, etc. They won't do those things anymore. They prefer working in fast food places.
College students used to go to resort areas and take seasonal jobs. So few will do that now there are guest worker programs allowing resorts to recruit young people from Europe.
Did your son try those things?
You have a per$onal intere$t here, I $ee. Law$ mean nothing to tho$e who$e prioritie$ (or a$ you $aid "need$") conflict with current law.
And, in your mind, law-abiding citizens are hysterical? You are much too obvious about your own selfish interests here ... and insulting to those who believe in and live by the rule of law. Nevertheless, you and those like you are laughing all the way to the bank by thumbing your noses at U.S. law.
It's not against the law to get hysterical, and yes, some law-abiding citizens are hysterical.
If you're not in that class, then you can stop attacking me and give me a rational and fact based assessment of where the illegals currently work, and what the impact on the local economies will be if they were all deported immediately.
Here's a thread addressing the biggest cover-up of all:
Couldn't we stop the amnesty juggernaut if we figured out how to expose how racist MEXICO's own immigration laws are? Here's a potentially astonishing related thread which details how FLAGRANTLY anti-gringo Mexico's immigration laws are compared to our own:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1602610/posts
Can you believe it? Why doesn't the media cover this information (yet)? That would set the race-baiters still in their tracks!
Thanks.
Between his college freshman and junior years he babysat(a family I hooked him up with. He was turned down at fast food places.--already filled by "minorities". He worked part time as a freshman at a Paki owned hotel and was high man on the pay scale last year at $5.85/hr. Of course, the owner kept scheduling him during classes, so he had to quit. Don't tell me that American kids won't work for min. wage.
I'll bet those "minorities" were American born Blacks. Illegals don't often speak English well enough to get jobs dealing with the public.
He worked part time as a freshman at a Paki owned hotel and was high man on the pay scale last year at $5.85/hr. Of course, the owner kept scheduling him during classes, so he had to quit.
If he was highest on the pay scale, it's no surprise that the owner wanted to push him out. Few business owners want to pay more than they have to.
Why didn't he move to a location where jobs are more available? In the time between school years, of course. There are a lot of places in the country where the unemployment rate is <4%.
There is huge competition for jobs in University towns, but that's almost always because of the number of students, and not because of illegals.
I think this experience will do him well in the long run. I've been "gently" trying to tell him that he needs to find something he loves so that he can be in business for himself and so that he will not have to depend on others for employment nor to employ. I hopes he learns the lesson well from these "life experiences."
Yes, being in business for yourself is a good thing if you can manage it. The alternative is to be willing to go wherever the opportunities are.
Your son may just have learned at a young age that it takes work to find work. Too many people don't find that out until they're much older, and it's much harder to deal with.
Good luck to your son!
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