Posted on 03/29/2008 7:40:11 AM PDT by pissant
Two events directed at opposite ends of the illegal immigration debate take place this weekend in Sonoma County.
Organizers say at least 3,000 people are expected to march Sunday through downtown Santa Rosa in a pro-immigration rally organized by the local field office of the United Farm Workers.
Casimiro Alvarez, UFW regional director, said the rally and march come after a long period of relative silence from the local Latino immigrant community. He said the goal of the march is three-fold.
“First, we want to honor the memory of Cesar Chavez and celebrate his life and work,” Alvarez said. “Second, we want to keep pushing hard for fair immigration reform and to call on the U.S. government to end all the roundups and deportations of immigrants.”
He said another goal of the event is to encourage county officials to designate the local community as a “county of refuge.
The event comes a day after the Eagle Forum of California holds its seventh annual education conference at the Double Tree Hotel in Rohnert Park.
The Eagle Forum promotes American sovereignty and “immediate border security to stop the entry of illegal aliens, illegal drugs, women seeking to give birth to ‘anchor babies,’ Third World diseases, criminal gangs, and potential terrorists,” according to its Web site.
It also opposes guest worker programs and any perceived “amnesty” for those in the country illegally.
Organizers of the conference announced this week that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, a vocal critic of illegal immigration, is expected to attend the event Saturday.
The Eagle Forum will present Hunter with its “Statesman of the Year” award for his strong stance against illegal immigration.
I refuse to be a GOP enabler for its move to ‘moderation’
I don’t want to either.
Moderation is too good a word for what they’ve become!
Hunter was doing all of the above and for the past several years along with legislation.
I live in San Diego and have followed his career for 27 yrs.
I am probably going to donate to his son, even though we don’t live in the district. I’m sure he will carry on in the tradition of his dad.
We need to get more conservatives in power. Since it probably won’t happen near SF, I’ll just have to support conservatives in other areas.
We stopped donating to the RNC last year.
His son will continue his dad’s issues re the border and illegals , the war, etc.
I tried so hard to find something really wrong with dad.
Best I could come up with was OMG! He’s a lawyer! LOL!
Yup, for those who trashed him I hope they enjoy what they get as they had their chance.
I always believed if he got enough exposure people would get it.
They buried him and most voters are too brainwashed to recognize that and the opportunity they had to support someone who just might do the right thing for America.
The proof was on paper for decades. The other guys were all talk.
Ping!
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