Posted on 04/10/2006 7:31:41 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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They're baaack. Illegal alien public relations experts are advising their followers to put aside the Mexican flags and tone down their radicalism, but many reconquistadors and their friends can't help themselves. Hat tip to John A. for the protest photos today from Dallas:
Black Panthers came out to show solidarity with the open borders lobby...
And the Che cultists were out in full force again, too...
There's no photo, but the Dallas Morning News described this:
Although the stars and stripes predominated, some people opted to paint themselves in red, white and green, the colors of the Mexican flag. A girl no older than 6 had her shirt painted: “Hell, no, we won’t go. Mexicans stick together.”
And via Yahoo!:
Similar sentiments at the anti-immigration enforcement rally in St. Paul, Minn.:
The Dallas Morning News also reported that counter-protesters were assaulted and forced to leave under police protection:
Police told counterprotesters that they could protect them only to a point, and offered to escort them out through an underground parking lot. Six people left with police who were carrying shields and wearing helmets and shin pads.
“They’re obviously outnumbered here. If they choose to leave, we can arrange that,” said Dallas police Lt. William Humphrey.
Miles Walters, 16, a sophomore at Richardson High School, said he was scared when people started throwing water bottles and hunkered under a building for protection. “I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad,” he said. “Because we take pride in our country they hate us and call us racist.”
More:
A small group of counterprotesters shouted from a parking lot at Ross Avenue and Harwood Street: “USA, USA, You’re gonna go home, you’re gonna go home.”
Said Elijah McGrew, 48: “They are breaking the law and no one should get amnesty. If I break the law, I don’t get amnesty.”
Also in the group was Ben Blewusi, who said he came to the U.S. legally from Ghana in 2004.
“Illegal immigration is a crime in every country. I believe they are a drain on the economy and don’t pay taxes, and employers take advantage of them and enslave their labor. And as a result it drives down wages for legal migrants and U.S. citizens,” Mr. Blewusi said.
Near City Hall, more than 100 chanting protesters broke off from the main march and headed toward another group of counterprotesters. Police moved in around the counterprotesters, some of whom had hurled plastic water bottles at the large procession.
If you are holding a counter-protest, send your photos and I'll post them.
Tony J. attended a pro-immigration enforcement rally along with a few hundred in Denver on Friday:
I'll be covering the illegal alien demonstration tomorrow in Washington, D.C. Power Line is soliciting video from citizen journalists across the country.
Meanwhile, keep an eye on what government school officials are doing in your neighborhood.
In Tuscon:
The superintendent of the Tucson Unified School District is under fire for sending school buses to pick up student following an immigration reform protest.
But Superintendent Roger Pfeuffer defended his decision, saying police asked for the buses because a crowd of students in front of the Federal Building in Tucson was growing, water supplies were low and the temperatures were rising.
Rep. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, criticized Pfeuffer in a letter, asking for an explanation of the busing issue.
Paton also wanted to know about a student assembly at Tucson High Magnet School in which Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, said, "Republicans hate Latinos."
Paton said he wanted to find out if the assembly was mandatory, and he criticized district officials for allowing "political propaganda."
Pfeuffer said the assembly was not connected with recent walkouts by students protesting for immigration reform and said Huerta's appearance was part of a series of events commemorating Cesar Chavez Day held each year.
Yesterday, I noted my home county's decision to give school credit to students who attend the April 10 illegal alien event in D.C. Here's contact info for the Montgomery County Board of Education:
boe-at-fc.mcps.k12.md.us
Also watch your city officials. Some people are acting as if sanctuary extremists like the politicians in San Francisco are something new:
Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday that The City will not comply with any federal legislation that criminalizes efforts to help illegal immigrants.
The mayor also denounced a bipartisan congressional proposal that would beef up border security and allow as many as 12 million illegal immigrants to gain legal status.
Newsom, who has not been afraid to wade into controversial national issues such as gay marriage, appeared with a group of elected officials on the steps of City Hall to support immigrants, “documented as well as undocumented.”Newsom also signed a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, and passed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors, urging San Francisco law enforcement not to comply with criminal provisions of any new immigration bill.
Nothing new about it at all:
9/13/02 - Malkin column - End sanctuary for illegal immigrants
About that elevator guy
Sanctuary’ Laws Stand in Justice’s Way - Heather Mac Donald
Special Order 40 - Heather Mac Donald
The Other Wall - Michelle Malkin Senate testimony
The Illegal Alien Crime Wave - Heather Mac Donald
Illegal Alien Sanctuary - Front Page magazine
Good catch.
If an attempt was made to impeach Senators, they would be trying their own cases.
A better solution would be to demand that all involved be charged for violating the Smith Act of 1940, and removed from office after trial and conviction of the charges.
At some point our GOP should realize that so-called 'cheap labor' is just not worth it.
GOP is 1/3. What about the other 2/3? DNC should be onboard too. That would leave the other 1/3, who lack the ability to commit to any political party.
Every American should be on board.
Those who aren't prove themselves to not have the best interest of America, as a nation, at heart, but to be holding some other interest at heart.
With a lot of Looney Left stuff thrown in for good measure.
Sounds to me like some folks've forgotten their Oath of Office.
There has been a state of shock over this since last weekend. We will have to reach down deep to get past this, which is not something we are used to.
Never happen.
We need to learn that an oath of office is consdiered an open offer of contract (nudem pactum) and we have "accept that offer of contract" by accepting their oath.
BTT
Have they forgotten about where their true forebears came from and what they did to the indigenous peoples of the South and Central America?
Have they forgotten who it was who was here in North America before they were?
The big trend toward lack of ownership and the dimishment of the family has a big influence, I suspect, in the apathetic response of many people - the emotive desire to stand up and fight is lacking because many folks don't feel that they have a stake worth fighting for.
Just a thought.
Texas was 'held' by Spain for upwards of 300 years.
Texas was 'held' by Mexico for somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 years.
Texas was 'held' by TEXANS for 10 years.
Texas has been 'held' by the United States of America for a smooch over 200 years.
Who has the ancestral "right" to that land, if only the amount of time 'owned' was the one factor.
Not Mexico, that's for sure. Should we give it back to Spain, then?
I think not.
A contract they have broken and are breaking.
And now he just flies a Mexican flag, hmm?
Is he/she legal? You happen to know his/her stand on this, or is it obvious?
Economic comfort is widespread. Few are going to agitate for change in this situation. If and when economic times turn sour, there will be a lot of people waking up.
They hardly remember last night's dinner. Not to imply that they ate those who were here.
Sounds like it could be a low grade 'B' movie or a Jerry Springer segment:
"Illegal Immigrant Vampires"
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