Latinos Unite to Turn Fear Into Activism

The Washington Post ^ | July 28, 2007 | Pamela Constable

[khnyny]

Latinos Unite to Turn Fear Into Activism Pr. William Policy on Illegal Immigrants Prompts Call for Boycott, Other Actions

By Pamela Constable Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 28, 2007; A01

Latinos in Prince William County, angered and panicked by a county resolution to crack down on illegal immigrants, are swiftly banding together against what they see as an assault on their community. They vowed this week to block the resolution through a boycott, a petition drive and possibly a labor strike or lawsuit.

At packed public meetings in three towns this week, organizers signed up volunteers, circulated petitions, set up a hotline for reports of discrimination and announced a campaign of phone calls and e-mails to county officials. They also said they would organize caravans to visit Loudoun County and other communities where Latinos feel targeted.

On Thursday night in Manassas, more than 1,000 Latino residents voted with raised fists and cheers to stage a one-week boycott of all non-immigrant businesses in Prince William at the end of next month. The crowd first met in a church, then grew so large it had to move to a park outside. Latinos in Woodbridge and Dumfries also voted this week to stage the boycott and other actions.

The surge of activism, which also includes voter registration and citizenship drives in other communities, follows a long period of drift and uncertainty for area Latino advocates, especially since the collapse of a major immigration reform bill in the Senate last month. Opponents of illegal immigrants, who had swamped Capitol Hill with impassioned e-mails and phone calls against the bill, felt emboldened by its defeat and have pressed ahead with local measures.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“That alone stuck out for me. Read seventy-two posts to find it mentioned.”

It was the ONLY thing that stuck out for me!

“The head of the state hispanic affairs commission travels the ninety-nine counties warning local law enforcement against checking citizenship/immigration status.”

Nice job promoting criminality.....

“But the uproar against the recent “compromise” legislation even made Harkin vote NO—facing re-election next year, one can’t be too careful”

Harkin is a dutiful, perspicacious whore : )

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[PhilDragoo]

Harkin leaps forward to kiss Ortega whose daughter charged he serially raped her.
Testimony of Zoilamérica Narváez

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good Lawd!!

[Travis McGee]

The only possible bright spot in this madness is that when we finally get an enforcement president (if only!) all of these databases will be useful for rounding up and deporting the criminal invaders.

[seemoAR]

I wonder what they were doing in a church before they raised their fist.

[twonie]

I believe this, and maybe I am wrong here: the president and the rest of the government are flogging this “continue to live your lives and go on as your normally would” stuff to keep our minds off the invasion by illegals and the terror threat from moslems. If we were constantly vigilant and inconvenienced by restraints of one sort or another, we would much sooner be out after dark attending “political meetings” (GWTW).

[twonie]

I believe that the orders for ICE and everything related to it come directly from the White House. That is why they just sit and let all this happen. And I STILL don’t care who his nanny was. Don’t care!

[noamnasty]

We do need to get organized if it’s not too late . We need to stop letting people come here ad take away our nation, even if it is our own leaders giving it to them . We too are to blame for not standing up long time ago . We can do this peacefully, it is the only way really, we are far outgunned with their technology now.

Patriotism can sometimes be a two edged sword .Fathers and sons and brothers have killed each other in patriotic passion . It’s just human nature . Remember New Orleans.No way can we fight the most powerful military on earth .So forget weapons ,except for personal use against the enemies within.

[twonie]

By “organizing”, I sincerely hope you mean “political meetings”. Because if you want to change hearts and minds, you have to first be very certain that the people you are dealing with actually have hearts and/or minds. With this group, I am almost certain they have neither. See my tagline.

[noamnasty]

oh yes of course . I am well aware the days of violent revolution are over . I mean we need to all try to come together who still believe that this nation was founded on laws to protect the family, country and culture and freedoms of t’s people .

I just got off the phone with a elected official over some resource problems . At first it was bot a good conversation, because I was accusing . He told me that until people start paying attention and going to local and state meetings it won’t change . I couldn't’t believe that this man told me also to hit the streets and get active! He said he feels the same way and has kids and grandkids he wants to have the same kind of nation he had . He said emails and phone calls only go so far .

Get everyone we know to join sites like this one .Support talk radio , media like World Net Daily and other conservative websites ‘IF’ they stay conservative and if they don’t let them know we won’t support them . Don’t buy from sponsors of stations like BOR .

I have 10 grandkids who will be robbed of this great nation .

[noamnasty]

They are slowly but surely taking away the rights of conservatives . I think this hate crime law was invented just for us ! It is already silencing our churches and making Gods word illegal .

[twonie]

You are right, it was made just for us. Everyone but white Christians (especially the men) is protected under this law. This was done by precisely the same people who now want to get our guns. I guess they think we don’t notice that part. These are the people who wouldn’t say
n@((^& if they had a mouthful, but they will scream Redneck right out in the public street, and they have made evangelist a dirty word. They want our guns and they want our Bibles - then they will have us where they want us.

[noamnasty]

Now they have an army of allies with all the illegals and their sympathizers .Not to speak of all the enemies within who are legal from the Middle East .I hear we are to get 100,000 Iraqi refugees to add to it.They are pouring in now in the 1000s . Welcome to the end of America !