Posted on 04/30/2006 8:24:47 PM PDT by Will_Zurmacht
Web-posted Apr. 29, 12:40: PM Rally to advocate positive immigration reform By Pablo Candia Dodge City Daily Globe
Dodge City’s Latino community will participate in a two-day event Sunday and Monday to advocate positive immigration reform and defend immigrant worker rights.
The first part of the event has been named "A Day of Unity" and will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, and "A Day of Action” will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. The Regional Latino Affairs Council of Southwest Kansas will promote these activities in Wright Park.
Organizers said they want to have a positive movement without attitudes that might be interpreted as confrontational.
"Sunday, April 30, will provide an opportunity for us to unite without having to worry about how it will affect our jobs, our paychecks, or our children’s education,” said a press release from the council. “We want to show our actions are aimed at legislators and not our people, community, businesses, school system or local economy.”
On Sunday, participants in the Wright Park event will receive updated information on the immigration reform bill that is being debated in the U.S. Senate. Also they will receive educational information on how the process to get citizenship works and how to participate more in the community.
A history of immigrants and three testimonials from Latinos in the process of legalization will also be offered. Two musical groups, "Decision" and "Diferencia," will contribute to celebrate the event.
Monday’s “Day of Action” is intended to encourage Latino immigrants to become more involved with the community by doing volunteer work.
Organizers said they are encouraging Latinos to go to work and send their children to school on Monday under the slogan "Positive action for positive change." They said Monday’s activities will be mostly for those Latino workers who have permission of their employers to take Monday off. Cargill Meat Solutions and National Beef will both close for Monday’s rally.
The activity will start with a tree dedication in Wright Park to symbolize that Latino immigrants also have their roots in southwest Kansas. Afterwards, the participants will be organized into groups to do volunteer work at parks, hospital, nursing homes and help the elderly, schools and the local Mexican American Ministries office. Organizers are encouraging Latino immigrants to wear white shirts during the events and carry American flags to show peace and unity, and to let others know they are also part of America.
The two-day activities, organizers said, are not exclusively for Latino immigrants, and the whole community is invited. Participants are encouraged to take lunches with them for Monday’s activity.
According to the organizers, CBS Evening News staff phoned them to indicate an interest in coming to Dodge City to cover the events.
Mission Accomplished.
We should start keeping a list.
Since Tyson/IBP, Cargill, ADM practically control meat packing in the USA, I think I will declare a Meatless May this year. It wouldn't hurt to cut way back on meat consumption and may even lower the old BP and cholesterol readings. I can use the money saved to buy gas for the truck.
Bingo. He sort of joked that the only ones being granted protective transfers where good at basketball...
Of course, I was vague, because I have no way of knowing which they were......
Immigrants, or illegal aliens?
susie
On a related topic...
My father owns a small business. He has one hispanic employee. He is concerned as to whether the guy is legal or not. He does not want to break the law. They guy has a SSN (but that proves nothing.) I can see the situation from the business owner's point of view. How can one be certain of not hiring illegals?
Why DON'T they do that??
susie
You know, that sounds doable. I hate the idea of going 100% vegetarian, however I suspect we could all cut back. I think I will also try to find a local source of meat. We have a meat market here, but I have no idea where they get their meat. I will have to ask.
susie
I think that is a problem, because Im under the impression that there's not ALOT a business owner can do without the risk of a lawsuit. HOWEVER if business owners were really interested in not hiring illegal aliens, they would be banding together and demanding the govt make it easier for them to check.
susie
Thank you for at least trying to wake people up to the tsunami that's coming, and having the patriotism to try to make a change in this debacle. It's really disheartening to see how many people have no concept of American current events/political issues but can readily tell you entire plot lines from inane TV shows at the drop of a hat.
Maybe these illegal alien protests have been a blessing in disguise, because I'm reading a lot of disgruntled letters to the editors of the area newspapers now, and it seems to me that a lot of people are getting nervous about the sheer numbers of illegals and what that means to native-born Americans' futures. Maybe American citizens are starting to realize that whole occupations aren't the only thing these criminals are taking over - they intend to take over America itself. And all with the bought-and-paid-for assistance of America's politicians.
God help this country. The Lord knows, our elected officials aren't helping it.
It's shocking just how fast these little SW Missouri towns are turning into third-world sewers, isn't it? Don Tyson is a real piece of work, isn't he?
"Since Tyson/IBP, Cargill, ADM practically control meat packing in the USA, I think I will declare a Meatless May this year. It wouldn't hurt to cut way back on meat consumption and may even lower the old BP and cholesterol readings. I can use the money saved to buy gas for the truck."
You might not have to do that. Look in your local papers and see if you can find a local farmer who has begun selling meat directly to consumers in your area. We have a nice little meat shop that opened here in town recently. They're local farmers who process their own beef and pork (free of antibiotics, growth hormones, and preservatives and absolutely tender and delicious) and they're pretty competitively priced to the big boys. And, better yet, they don't use illegals on their farm. These folks that I trade with also carry Amish-prepared foods, too, as well as fresh eggs. Shopping with them is a win-win in my opinion. I get better foods, the farmer gets a little money and the illegal-alien-pimping big agriculture corporations don't get my money.
Does the guy speak English? Does his family speak English? Does he send money back to Mexico? Does he have a real SS card or did he just give your father a ramdom number? Not so helpful, but does he have a driver's license? When your father hired him, did he do a criminal record check? He could do a people search online (small fee) for the employee. Can't he call SS and ask if there's any problem with the SS number? Does the guy travel to Mexico regularly? Sitting over coffee, your dad can turn conversations to where he was born, how he grew up, etc. If he suspects the guy is illegal, then odds are he is. It's not that difficult to figure out if someone is illegal.
The problem is that one cannot subject one employee to scrutiny that ALL emlpoyees are not subject to.....or can they? Small businesses are more afraid of schyster lawyers than a toothless INS...
I lived in Manhattan (KS) many moons ago.
The Mexican `taggers' (spray-paint vandals) were starting to deface buildings about the time we departed.
Calling all descendents of Wyatt Earp.
I understand your frustration. I felt the same today, when I attended a local demonstration that the mexicans were having. As I stood out there, holding up signs which read "Stop the Criminal Occupation of America!" and "Send the Criminals Home Now!"... I looked everywhere, and I was the absolute ONLY American out there who was making any sort of public statement in opposition to them. God, wtf does it take to get the people to get off your a**es and DO something? I am so frustrated I just wanna throw my hands up and say "F**k America.. if the citizens do not care any more than this, they deserve for the country to go down the drain".
There has already been flags burned, this time it is Mexican flags.
http://www.staggeron.org/homeland.html#Mexican_flags_burning
La Raza is the Klan with a tan. I appluad this guy. I would have burned a mexican flag at the demonstration the mexicans had here if I could have found one. If they can burn and walk on American flags, as they did in past rallies, then I can damn sure exercise my free speech rights as well.
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