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Posted on 05/01/2006 2:32:44 PM PDT by Ellesu
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of Hispanics carrying signs that said "Nobody is illegal" and "Proud to rebuild" took Monday off to join a national day of protest and boycotts to show their importance to the country and to the area devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Congo Square, New Orleans
Knock down the levees.
Ahh, a big, upside-down flag right in the middle of the pic. That'll show us how peaceful and tolerant these folks are.
O_O Can I at least get out of New Orleans first?
The irony is the blacks were the ones considered the problem.
Do we have to ask where all the jobs have gone?
Get these illegals out of here please? K... thx...
Osman Ebelio stands under a sign at a rally in the Congo Square area of Armstrong Park in New Orleans on Monday May 1, 2006. Thousands of people came to the rally to support changes in immigration laws. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Where are the natives? Shouldn't they be upset that they are not involved in the rebuilding? Or do they not expect to be?
The city of New Orleans natives, I meant!! lol
We had an 18 yo idiot storm out of work at 7 AM today after a 65 yo female employee commented that in her opinion all illegals should be deported.
"I'm hispanic and I don't get no ***in respect around here," was his parting comment.
The problem with this picture? He's Puerto Rican; and the last time I looked, PRs are citizens of the U.S. with full rights. To add insult to injury, he was the beneficiary of a 10% raise in pay just last week.
My problem? I need to decide his punishment: immediate dismissal? reduction in pay? warning and note to his personnel file? A lot will depend on what he does tomorrow. Certainly an apology from him is in order.
BTW, his mom was on the phone by noon today trying to make amends for him -- but not a word from him.
I just know that I'm not going to take this. He can be replaced.
The Mexican laborers here aren't really taking jobs away from anyone. There was a sudden surge of demand for construction work after Katrina. Believe me, we have enough jobs to go around. The limiting factor is housing. It's not that the immigrants here are doing the jobs Americans won't do; they'e living in housing that Americans won't live in.
I'm an Italian. Can I get my great great great (x50) grandparents land back from the Roman conquerors??? I'm a native. I have rights.
Thanks. Occasionally I'll see a news report out of NOLA that hints that the nativer blacks are being shut out of the rebuilding process, was just wondering how true that is.
Laughed my butt off. Thanks.
Just came back from United Flight 93 and needed the laugh.
I remember what jerks these guys were when I was doing a Katrina relief mission - tetanus shots were in short supply and we had a group of Mexicans who had obviously been coached on what to say come to the makeshift clinic; claiming non-visible "I stepped on a nail" injuries, demanding tetanus AND hepatitis vaccines in what I regarded as very threatening body language and attitude. Nice.
It isn't. Everyone is hiring right now. The entire city is short-handed. No one is getting shut out of anything. Some contractors may be angry that they aren't getting as much money as they would like, but that's hardly being "shut out."
Replace him. And, the sooner the better. Not a one of us would be able to talk like that in an employment situation ... and get away with it. Why should he?
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