Posted on 04/09/2007 4:42:47 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles (AP) -- Immigration activists are calling for a repeat of last year's massive boycott and march that drew more than 1 million people to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide.
The so-called "Great American Boycott II" was being planned for May 1, organizers said Monday.
The first protest, which occurred May 1, 2006, temporarily shuttered businesses and schools across the country as people took to the streets in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and other cities.
The boycott was fueled by anger over federal legislation that would have criminalized illegal immigrants and fortified the U.S.-Mexico border. The goal was to raise awareness about immigrants' economic power.
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Since when do illegals immigrants have rights? Lets get rid of them all. President Bush grow some balls drop the comprehensive immigration plan and CLOSE THE BORDER NOW
We Freepers should hold a counter boycott demanding bank robbery be legalized. Hey, what`s the difference?
If the current batch of illegal aliens (12 million+) are made legal, who will replace them? We’re told over and over that we cannot survive without illgals.
As I always understood it (based on long ago memories of HS Civics lessons) , illegal aliens and foreigners in general have basic human rights-even enemy aliens residing here whose home country is at war with the US have those. But only US citizens have civil rights. But a few days ago on FOX , they had on these POS lawyers (pardon the redundancy) talking about defending the CIVIL rights of their illegal alien clients! Since when does the Constitution cover non citizens?
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Great! This will show me which stores to quit shopping in for the coming year.
They take entry jobs and a good pay scale away from Americans. We will soon be a third world nation with the illegals running the show if we don’t deport them. The President, by offering them visas, offers them legal status here. Visas are thus amnesty by just another word!
Workers of the (Illegal Alien) World Unite! Ping...
“Mexico is South - Keep Walking”
“Immigration activists”
BS MSM term. The are not rallying for the rights of immigrants, they are rallying for the rights of illegal immigrants. Huge difference. I am very pro legal immigrant. Its the illegals I can’t stand.
May Day, then, ought to be ROUND UP DAY for the INS picking up protesting illegals (They are ILLEGAL ALIENS — LAW BREAKERS, not merely “undocumented this or that”) at any events planned by the organizers of these shams. TIME TO THROW THEM OUT !!
Oh, No! They totally took the American Economy into the dumper when they implemented this boycott did this last year!
Oh, The Humanity!
Idiots.
ROTFLMAO!
Strike: “did this.” *Sheepish Grin*
Isn’t that guy on the left Geraldo Rivera? Aka “Jerry Rivers?” *WINK*
A year ago Mrs jimfree and I had breakfast at the Old Ebbitt Grill in DC, our own little counter-boycott. Might do the same this year, maybe at another restaurant.
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