Immigrants Try to Extend Boycott Momentum

ap/yahoo ^ | 5/2/06 | gillian flaccus

[markedman]

"Wall up the border, but in the meantime use the military to stop intrusions. It won't be the first time we have maintained a border protection but it seems to help a foreign country with their borders is more important than ours."

And that's the part that I still don't get. How is it that we do not have a significant military presence down on the border. Imagine if it was Putin and the Russian politicians that were uttering what is coming out of Mexico and South America; that Iron curtain would be back up in no time.

[uncitizen]

"I want my children to know their mother is not a criminal," said Olmedo

Wantin' ain't gettin'

[uncitizen]

Illegal immigrants and their supporters vowed to keep up the pressure on Congress for reforms

GO! GO! GO! GO!

the marches were festive

Code for there were a lot of corona bottles to clean up afterward.

[shekkian]

"The events are intended to show solidarity and, at the same time, send a message that injustice against the immigrant community is unacceptable. This is not the end of our struggle. It is the beginning."

I certainly hope they will continue their boycott indefinitely.

[RegulatorCountry]

"You give aid and comfort to those who would paint all anti-illegals as racist."

I'm always annoyed by people who speak of themselves in the third person. It's a rather pompous habit.

[hershey]

Guess what comes next, now that so called peaceful demonstrations with American flags aren't getting the desired result. Violence. The organizers/geniuses who nixed Mexican flags and figured singing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish would prove their hearts were in the right place, won't be able to hold the loonies in check. They'll burn and loot and there'll be more state sponsored anti-American violence down in Mexico and threats from Fox vis a vis selling oil to the US. (Plus lots of tut-tutting from the EU about US racism.)

[showme_the_Glory]

While some businesses suffered, the marches were festive — despite divisions among activists who argued a boycott would alienate federal lawmakers. Sounds like any other Dem event.

[VOATNOW1]

"I want my children to know their mother is not a criminal," said Olmedo, a nanny who came here illegally in 1986 from Mexico

Do you feel the same way about people who are in Mexico illegally Olmedo?

[hershey]

How will Olmedo's kids know that their mother is or isn't a criminal? She doesn't give two hoots if they learn to read and write.

[hershey]

Bingo!!!!

[Sam Cree]

Exactly what is it that they are asking for? Is it the right to stay and work indefinitely, without becoming citizens, amnesty followed by going through normal channels, or do they just want the law changed so that Mexicans can cross the borders at will and work with no documentation.

Sorry for my ignorance, but I was just wondering if the "demands" were specific. I gather that the organizers of the protests have a leftist agenda, but haven't been aware that they were open about it.

[hershey]

One third of illegals are already on welfare, and once on, it's very hard to wean them off. They're getting a free ride. What's not to like? Go back to Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Costa Rica? Are you nuts? They'll say we 'owe them' that for stealing their country and vote dem party lines for social welfare programs until the cows come home. The cultural divide between Mexicans and Americans is like the Grand Canyon -- it would take generations to assimilate them, which isn't what they want anyway. (Not to mention the absence of English on their to do list.)

[hershey]

It's about oil.

[hang 'em]

I know, but it makes me feel better.

[sinkspur]

I'm always annoyed by people who speak of themselves in the third person. It's a rather pompous habit.

LOL!!

I'm always annoyed would be more like it.

[quesney]

"Wait until the leftist moron becomes president of Mexico.
We had better have some kind of border plan in place by then."

Doubtful -- he'll be voted in by July. We're in for it, when his ruinous economic policies inevitably lead to an even bigger surge of illegal immigration.

[nosofar]

I gather that the organizers of the protests have a leftist agenda, but haven't been aware that they were open about it.

I suspect this is part of the problem. Just make vague demands and let people insert their own interpretations. I don't think that many really came here wanting citizenship or they would have gone about it differently. (However, I also think many changed their mind later.) My impression is that they mainly want to work so they can send the money back home or save it and go back later. Much like some people go to work in Saudi Arabia or the Alaskan pipeline, for example, get paid more than they would otherwise for a few years then come back.

[trubluolyguy]

but where was your car? was it an evil, manslaughtering SUV?

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Nope, just an innocent looking little Kia Optima. It wouldn't hurt a fly.

[TheDon]

The GOP group sold $5 bricks symbolic of a wall it said was needed to secure U.S. borders.

Forget symbolism, help build a real wall.

Border Fence Project

[SheLion]

Guess what comes next, now that so called peaceful demonstrations with American flags aren't getting the desired result. Violence. The organizers/geniuses who nixed Mexican flags and figured singing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish would prove their hearts were in the right place, won't be able to hold the loonies in check. They'll burn and loot and there'll be more state sponsored anti-American violence down in Mexico and threats from Fox vis a vis selling oil to the US. (Plus lots of tut-tutting from the EU about US racism.)

It was getting a little sticky and out of hand yesterday in LA.  Fox showed the shuffle between the illegals and the police.  Not pretty.

What kills me is:  we worked hard all our lives for our rights and now they just want to walk across the border and handed everything.  This is BS!  Nothing was ever handed to us!  Why should they be any different?  And let them learn ENGLISH!