Posted on 04/04/2006 1:44:12 PM PDT by Rockitz
Immigration rights organizers today will call for a nationwide boycott of work, school and shopping on May 1 to protest congressional efforts to clamp down on illegal aliens as part of pending immigration-reform legislation.
The "Great American Boycott of 2006" is only one in a series of large-scale events the protesters hope will sway lawmakers to put millions of illegal aliens on track toward permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.
"The massive March 25 march and rally in Los Angeles of well over one million immigrant workers and their supporters -- along with protests and student walkouts throughout the United States -- is irrefutable evidence that a new civil rights and workers' rights movement is on the rise," said Raul Murillo, one of the key organizers and president of the Hermandad Mexicana Nacional.
"In order to realize the goal of legalization for the millions of undocumented workers, we have the obligation to keep pressing the Congress of the United States to legislate immigration reform that grants full legalization for all immigrants."
Sarah Sloan, a spokeswoman for boycott organizers, said the boycott, additional marches and rallies in at least 30 cities nationwide beginning next week are designed to highlight opposition to House legislation that would crack down on illegal aliens.
The Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) coalition, which organized the Los Angeles march to win "full rights for undocumented workers," is confident its new "national action" will prove successful.
ANSWER's steering committee includes the Free Palestine Alliance, the Partnership for Civil Justice, the Nicaragua Network, the Korea Truth Commission, the Muslim Student Association, the Mexico Solidarity Network and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. It denounces as racism attempts to criminalize illegal aliens.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Could they protest from their nations of origin?
The Costa Mesa march on April 1 was courtesy of ...
"The demonstration, called by the Citizens for Constitutional Rights, brought together numerous groups, including the International Socialist Organization, SEIU Local 1877, Mexica Movement, Green Party, Hermandad Mexicana, ANSWER LA, Korean Resource Center, South Asian Network, LULAC, and International Workers of the World."
Source: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/04/152695.php?theme=default
All the illegals have the "right" to get the heck out of my country. Bunch of leeches.
The state should boycott payments on all anchor babies.
The schools should boycott admissions for all without a valid birth certificate.
Hospitals should boycott admissions for all people without proof of legal residency.
The Federal Trade Commission should enforce a boycott on all wire transfers of money by illegals out of the country for a day.
Boycott! What a marvelous idea!
Sounds like a great day to go shopping.
But I'll bet you all that they don't boycott the 'free' social services they use .... (OR the 'all you can eat' buffets.)
RE: "If more people boycotted illegal workers and the companies that hire them, there would be a change."
So please make a list of the Fortune 5000 and which ones do or don't.
Altria-Kraft-Miller-etc does
Budweiser does
Coors does (despite both sides of the fence posturing by one of the family members.)
Safeway-Kroger-Albertson and their subsidiaries like Jewel and Dominicks do.
Walgreens, CVS, Riteway do
Walmart-Kmart/Sears, Penneys, Target, Kohls do
BankofAmerica, Chase, 5thThird, LaSalle, .... TCF, Wachovia do
Dole-DeanFoods-DelMonte do
McDonalds-BurgerKing-KFC-TacoBell-PizzaHut, Dominos, LittleCeasar,PapaJohns,Subway do
Can you name one big firm that doesn't enable illegals? I'm sure some must exist but I can't recall any at this time.
ANSWER’s steering committee reads like a "Who’s Who" of radical political organizations. The most influential member of ANSWER’s steering committee, Ramsey Clark’s pet project known as the International Action Center (IAC), is considered by many observers to be little more than a communist front organization for an obscure Stalinist organization known as the World Workers Party (WWP).
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=6613
Sounds like ANSWER should be held accountable. Overthrow of the gub'nment and all.
I can't see this happening in Texas. California yes, Texas, no.
And when everything moves along as smoothly and pleasantly as any other day, they will prove to everyone that the country is not dependent upon them, that we can send them packing and close up the border and we'll get along just fine.
If anyone ever doubted that the Marxist V. Fox is behind the invasion of illegal workers in order to prop up his Socialist economy and weaken America's free markets, this boycott and its supporters should be all they need.
Come to think of it, if this trend continues maybe we will have drug dealers boycotting for their rights by not selling drugs, robbers by not robbing, burglers by not burgling, and on and on. I think I like this idea!
susie
Try using Bank of America cash machines lately.?.They ask you TWICE before you begin the transaction if you want to do the transaction using English....not joking...Accounts closed.
Try using Bank of America cash machines lately.?.They ask you TWICE before you begin the transaction if you want to do the transaction using English....not joking...Accounts closed.
Well, maybe they should boycott free medical care, food stamps, housing assistance, etc. After all, fair is fair!
May 1 -- good time to get out my American flag and hang it from the front stoop.
LOL!! Typical socialist liberal BS!
They learned well from the liberals in this country, they love the libs.
To bad so sad, now get the heck out of my country.
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