Posted on 03/30/2006 10:54:32 AM PST by Icelander
Hispanic groups in the U.S. are planning a major boycott of American life dubbed a ”day without Latinos” to protest proposed legislation that would criminalize illegal immigration.
Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) President Nativo Lopez, one of the organizers of the recent protests in Los Angeles that saw at least 500,000 people take to the streets, said the May 1 "day without Latinos” would send a stern message to Washington.
"We are looking forward to a major action in all large U.S. cities where immigrants make up a significant proportion of the workforce,” Lopez told Agence France-Presse.
"We are asking people not to go to school, or work, or shopping, and instead to go out and protest against the racist and inhumane measures in this bill.”
MAPA and other grass roots Latino groups are also organizing an April 10 protest in 20 major American cities – including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas – in a bid to defeat the proposed immigration reform bill, Lopez said.
And a third day of protest is scheduled to take place Saturday in Costa Mesa, a town in Orange County, Calif., that has been a focus of anti-illegal immigrant protests for the past several months.
The city’s mayor has pushed a proposal through the city council to train police to nab and deport illegal aliens who commit crimes.
Said Lopez: "We are going there to make a tough statement right in the bedrock of the anti-immigrant movement.”
Perhaps not surprisingly, May 1 is also known as "May Day," the International Worker's Day, which is infamously celebrated in Moscow's Red Square and by communists and socialists throughout the world.
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A ha ha ha!
Well played.
Who's the Mr. Brilliant that came up with the idea of holding a nationwide work strike on a Saturday?
I am sure the hardest part of working LAPD these days is all the PC crap they have to put up with.
With an enabler LA Mayor Villaraigosa encouraging the lawbreakers it is hard for the police to do their jobs.
Any officer who injures (physically or mentally) one of these beautiful 'brown' protesters is going to find himself/herself brought up on charges.
As the protesters get increasingly aggressive it will be only a matter of time for them to have some "racist cop" to villify in the press and through the courts.
Please boycott America permanently by going back to Mexico.
NO UVAS on Friday......
Their 500,000 plus the police estimate of 200,000 = 700,000!
How about a nationwide "enforce the law" day at the same time?
..or take over the local kid's baseball fields with adults playing soccer?
Fixed. I hope.
If i was a L.A. cop i quit and move to another state.
I remember at 8am Monday morning, I was hearing LA Sheriffs asking for an air unit from LAPD for a large group...and I thought that was kind of crazy, for so early in the morning. So, listening to the scanner on the way to work, heard stuff happening all over the city. Monday was a city holiday (Cesar Chavez), so I think they were somewhat short staffed. I didnt hear CHP requested until Tuesday when students were running through different State buildings in Southern California. CHP has responsibility for state property.
(I am not even talking about the protest on Saturday....I left town that day)
You also have to remember that only 29000 of 305000 (middle and high school) LAUSD students participated....the media makes it seem like the schools were entirely emptied, when in fact most the A and B students remained. In fact, numerous teachers called radio stations claiming it was like heaven in their classrooms with all the troublemakers gone.
Gee Donald ... looks like this is your second post today about "hot" women!
Isn't there another forum for you to relieve your anxiety????
: )
I'd be more afraid of a national Caucasian Worker strike.
The new math, LOL!!!
I wonder how many of those students are not legal? I bet half of them.
It's not ''May Day'', btw. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla.
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