Posted on 03/31/2006 1:43:58 PM PST by SUSSA
Texas lawmakers said mass protests in Dallas and other cities haven't moved the immigration debate much, with some expressing irritation at the widespread student walkouts.
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"It is offensive and outrageous for people who have broken the law to demand to be treated equally," said Rep. John Culberson, a Houston Republican who said federal authorities should have deployed buses to round up illegal immigrants at the marches. "It's as if we had mass protests of trespassers after they're caught, demanding the same rights as homeowners."
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I thought we were all alone.
06 elections are going to be super fun...
Yes they are.
Nope at least one Congressman gets it. Too bad our Senators don't.
KLIF's Greg Knapp Announces Counter-Rally in Dallas, TX, April 9
Posted on 03/29/2006 5:10:25 PM CST by Lunatic Fringe
Folks, they illegal immigrants are organizing in huge numbers. We need to counter this rally, estimated to be 200,000.
City Hall, Dallas, TX. Meet under the big AMERICAN FLAG!
Were those Senators originally from other states?
GOOD I hope there's a big turn out.
I think they're both home grown.
ALL THE WAVY ONES TOO!!!
Greg said he's bringing lots of them. I have mine.
"It is offensive and outrageous for people who have broken the law to demand to be treated equally,"
They are not demanding to be treated equally, they want to be treated with special rights above which no other person on the planet enjoys. Special rights including working without visas while abroad, immigrating to a foreign county without applying for citizenship , visiting a foreign country without a passport , driving in a foreign county without an international drivers license, trying to vote as a non resident, delinquent on income taxes, receiving free health care without paying state disability insurance, and in-state tuitions for college.
However, if this were Mexico, then all these rights might be a reasonable request to demand, just as any citizen of any county has the right to petition its government.
Therefore it is either they are demanding special rights which no other person on the planet enjoys , or it is that they are demanding that this territory be considered as Mexican territory, which is really laughable, due to the extreme lack of these rights even Mexican citizens do not have within their own county.
Maybe they should take these protest to Mexico City where they might actually have an impact and mean something.
kevlar, shields, they would be slaughtered.
Vincente would sit back and laugh.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, “said she's received "increasingly hostile" mail in the past few days urging her to support efforts to curtail illegal immigration. Lawmakers on both sides reported hundreds of calls, most from constituents angered by images of protesters demanding legal protection for illegal immigrants.”
Blacks are fed up too. Republicans don't seem to understand they can break the Democrats hold on the Black vote with this issue. Democrats can't win if they don't get 90% of the Black vote.
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