Posted on 11/11/2008 3:42:27 PM PST by HollyButler
Dozens of immigrant advocates from across the country convened in Washington today to call on President-elect Barack Obama to halt immigration raids, fulfill campaign pledges to revamp the nation's immigration system and offer the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship within his first year in office. The coalition, which includes activists from Los Angeles, New York and the Washington area, also announced plans to mobilize tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters for a demonstration on the Mall on Jan. 21, the day after Obama's inauguration.
"We voted in the millions and now we're going to demand progress in the millions," said Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, at a news conference to publicize the coalition's efforts.
The last attempt to pass an immigration overhaul in Congress foundered in the spring of 2007 amid a storm of angry phone calls from constituents complaining that the measure amounted to an unacceptable "amnesty" for "lawbreakers." And several members of the coalition acknowledged today that the tanking economy had further complicated their goals.
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Heehee. Your constituency is calling you, Odumbo.
It’s time for AMERICANS to stand up to the Chicago thug and say NO!!!!
All those blacks who voted in a color-blind bloc should be really happy when they cannot even get temporary work because Jose and Maria are getting their jobs.
Ooopps... There go them Latinos under the bus...
Pelosi is demanding a bailout for the big three auto companies. Steve Moore on FNC pointed out that this is really about helping the unions—they need to companies to stay afloat to keep their jobs. Of course the companies would be more competitive if not for past agreements with the labor unions.’””
Environazis got full agreement out of Congress to require CAFE standards and “green” cars that no one will buy who lives more than 10 miles from work.
I live rural, and there isn’t a car made that will help me nor haul my horse trailer.
plans to mobilize tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters for a demonstration on the Mall on Jan. 21
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
My invite musta got lost in the mail...
I don’t get some of the postings here which seem to express doubt that Hussein will grant full and complete citizenship to every illegal in this country. Does anyone really think he won’t?
Of course he will. His goal will be to get as many anti-white voters as possible.
In two years, 20 million newly amnestied illegals will be voting solid ‘rat.
In ten years, they’ll bring in 50 million family members.
The USA we’ve known is dead. There won’t be 50 states in 25 years.
There won’t be 50 states in 10 years.
As we continue to discover the full magnitude and consequences of his failures, Bush will continue to look more and more Carteresque.
I guess I’m an optimist.
What is funny about all this is, Juan McCain woulda done exactly the same thing.
Sucker coulda won with with a strong pro-enforcemnet stand.
O'Cain will step in line to save his legacy of Bi-partisanship for a better America.
IMO, Palin cannot stand O'Cains politics...
You have to be.
Illegals are like German cockroaches in that if 12 million are claimed, there are really (at least) 24 million here waiting to encroach....
ping
We really have entered the twilight zone.
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