Posted on 04/24/2007 11:37:58 AM PDT by SmithL
LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Last year, popular Spanish-language disc jockey Eduardo "Piolin" Sotelo was hailed for helping to persuade hundreds of thousands of people to join protests demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants.
But at a recent immigration rally, many people called him a traitor, accusing him of not working hard enough to support the cause.
The change opens a window onto the immigration reform movement, which has grown increasingly divided — and, some say, frustrated — as it approaches a national day of protest planned for May 1.
Immigration groups have called for such actions as a work stoppage, after-hour rallies and town hall meetings. Activities are planned in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Phoenix and other cities.
However, immigration protests have failed to produce large turnouts since reform legislation stalled in Congress last summer.
Organizers blame divisions over tactics and proposed reform bills; fear in immigrant communities about stepped-up raids; and decisions by many groups to focus on citizenship and voter-registration drives rather than marches.
Last year's May 1 boycott brought out more than a million protesters across the nation, with thousands of immigrants ditching work and many businesses closing in solidarity. In Los Angeles alone, 72,000 students skipped school to join rallies.
This year, organizers expect a much lower turnout.
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That protest day was one of the lightest traffic days I’ve seen in Los Angeles in many years. It was WONDERFUL! I really hope they get a good turnout again this year.
I think it was the upside-down flag that finished them off. And just maybe closing the LA freeways. Kind of a strong backlash on that, I’d bet.
That needs fixin'.
In Los Angeles alone, 72,000 students skipped school. to join rallies.
Hispanics skipping school in LA isn’t news anyway.
Ping!
Please throw these lawbreaking anarchists out of America.
“This year, organizers expect a much lower turnout”.
“Juan and Lupe......if you 2 don’t show up for work on May 1st, like you did last year.....don’t bother coming back”
And they can keep skippin’ their freeloading asses right back south to the mother country.
"Javier Rodriguez, member of the National May 1 Coordinating Committee, said that "Mass demonstrations are scheduled for May 1 in cities across the country including: Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, San Antonio, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Providence, R.I., Elizabeth, N.J., Hempstead, N.Y., and many other locations. This broad participation is an indication of the growing unity among U.S.- and foreign-born workers." This unity is against a common enemy: the U.S. government and the bosses.
May 1 events in solidarity with immigrants in the United States have also been called by the workers' movements in Venezuela, Mexico and the Philippines."
Oh please, let just one Demonstrator be stupid enough to hold up a sign at any protest march here that says "The US Gov't is the common enemy"...
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But at a recent immigration rally, many people called him a traitor, accusing him of not working hard enough to support the cause.
Don't cha' just love it when liberal/leftists get bitten by their own? He did his job, now they want him to do more. "I demand that you continue to support me!" Maybe, he'll start to wake up.
How long will it be, I wonder, before they realize they could take over LA and negotiate a treaty for themselves?
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