Immigration rallies: Do they help or hurt cause? (Poll Indicates "Backlash")

Sacramento Bee ^ | April 12, 2006 | Margaret Talev

[GOPGuide]

SNIP a Zogby poll released Tuesday found 61 percent of likely American voters felt less sympathetic to the plight of illegal immigrants after seeing the first round of demonstrations, including the massive, Mexican-flag-waving protest in Los Angeles on March 25.

Lungren, who supported the House immigration bill passed last year but also favors a guest worker or limited residency component, said the size of the turnouts at recent demonstrations cuts both ways: "It shows strong support from some to grant legalized status, and on the other hand you have people saying, 'Look how large that number is, we don't dare do it!' "

[GOPGuide]

What's the reaction to all this in your neighborhoods? The Congresscritters had better remember that Americans riot at the ballot box, not the street waving flags.

[pgyanke]

Unfortunately, the idiots in DC are salivating at all of the "future voters" they see in the streets... the rest of us be damned.

[rarestia]

The GOP will DEFINITELY be seeing my riot at the ballot box in Nov. if they fsck this up. I want these illegal morons OUT of my country. I want that fence put up. If they can't figure out that they're not welcome here, perhaps they should learn English?

[devolve]

DNC / LA RAZA / A.N.S.W.E.R.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The reaction in my small corner of Pennsylvania is that federal immigration officers, backed by state and local police, should have been on hand with buses at every rally to load 'em up and ship 'em all home.

[Pukin Dog]

Rallies ALWAYS cause a backlash effect even when supported by majority feeling. Even those rallies from the days of the Civil Rights movements caused backlashes that are still felt today. One should always seek to persuade, not impose. The only thing that will hurt worse than all those immigration rallies, will be when Conservatives start doing it too. A sure way to lose the momentum.

[Antoninus]

That was exactly the response I had--and I was a fence-sitter for illegal immigration for a long time.

After seeing these "demonstrations" I want the border closed, NOW.

[Altair333]

All I ask of the GOP house is: let the voters decide in November. Don't pass any bill before letting us vote. If the Hispanic voters speak loudest and give the House to the Democrats, then amnesty will pass. But at least go down fighting in the trenches, for core Republican values. Campaign in favor of tough enforcement. You might just be surprised how many people agree with you.

[stopem]

A list of groups that are sponsoring the illegals demonstrations in case there is any doubt :

http://actionla.org/features/view.php?id=472

Just a few, see the entire list!!!:

Communist League
Communist Party USA Wisconsin section (Green Bay, WI)
Communist Party, USA Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Freedom Socialist Party (Seattle, WA)
International Socialist Organization (Los Angeles, CA)
Peace & Freedom Party of Orange County (Anaheim, CA)
Laura Robeson, Peace Kitchen (Columbus, OH)*
Peace No War EducatProgressive Democrats of the Santa
Project Islamic HOPE (Los Angeles, CA)

Need I say more????

[OpusatFR]

"What's the reaction to all this in your neighborhoods?"

Major league ticked off, shorts in a knot, Excedrin migraine, anger...

People don't care if someone comes here legally, but the idea that we have to have open borders and absorb Mexico which, btw, Forbes Magazine states has sent up 30% of their peasant workers is the stuff of citizen Revolutions.

I may be French descent, but my people were the rabble, not the elite. It's in the genes.

[nmh]

Yeah keep waving that MEXICAN FLAG and DEMAND RIGHTS!

I say, throw em out. Let em get in line LEGALLY. do background checks and then decide - do we want this person?

[underbyte]

LOL- obvious point I missed. No need to hunt them down, just put them on a bus and take them staight to the border -

[prognostigaator]

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[fairtrader]

Fence-sitter that's choice ! ROFLMAO

[manwiththehands]

Now all these protesting clowns have to do is stage another rally and wave American flags. All will be forgiven.

[America's Resolve]

I suspect that it's too late for letters and phone calls at this stage.

The pussies on the Hill have seen these pictures and they're not nearly bright enough to understand that these people DON'T and WON'T vote for them.

But they'll dream about all the votes, ignore their own base, and water down the House version.

Just wait until they get a few million mulsims marching in the streets for Sharia type laws. congress and Pres will crumble then as well.

[hdstmf]

Illegals immigrants cannot legally vote so they will vote illegally.

[Nea Wood]

My coworkers are ultra, ultra liberals. And even they are disgusted by the demonstrations.

[hdstmf]

They already did but I don't forgive them.

[devolve]

Thanks -

Several Central American groups and American foundations also - Pew Foundation, Tides Foundation,Heinz Foundation, Ford Foundation; Rocekefeller Foundation, Open Society (George Soros)......

Working up a Illegal Alien Uniform Crime Report now - template is the FBI-DOJ Uniform Crime Report

It will identify numbers of murders, rapes, kidnappings, armed robberies, violent assaults, carjackings, thefts, etc. commited by illegal aliens each year

Over 30% of all convicts in US federal prisons are illegal aliens.

Over 95% of all wanted warrants for violent criminals in LA are for illegal aliens.