Posted on 03/31/2009 12:59:10 PM PDT by SmithL
Oakland — Honoring the memory of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, about 30 students and other activists marched down International Boulevard today demanding rights for immigrant students.
"The families of undocumented students pay taxes and make an enormous contribution to our nation's economy and prosperity, yet their sons and daughters face the same kind of discrimination that young black students experienced in the old Jim Crow south," read a statement from By Any Means Necessary, the organization that held the march.
The Federal DREAM Act, which would give those students access to financial aid, was reintroduced last week, as was a similar state bill in California. Both have gone through a variety of forms and names and stirred controversy for several years.
The group started at International Boulevard and 98th Avenue and marched in the direction of downtown. Oakland police monitored the march as a precautionary measure.
A truck drove slowly down the right-hand lane, the marchers following and chanting, "Join the march! Join the fight! Let's stand up for immigrants' rights!"
Tuesday is Cesar Chavez Day, which honors the civil rights leader's birthday. Many schools throughout the state, though not all of them, will be closed in recognition.
Why don’t they do this in Mexico and other Central and south American countries? What could they be afraid of?
Now what?
Leftists have been eminently successful in ruining an awful lot of things about this country. But then, they hate the country, so it figures that they would want to ruin it.
So do touristas. Should they be entitled to vote too?
They knew the rules when they opted to come here outside of the law. Now they insist that this nation change.
If things are so rotten here, why stay?
immigrant students=illegal aliens illegally taking seats of higher education away from this state’s citizens.
Oh, I am so using this one.
Gracias.
Undocumented workers wire billions of dollars out of this country. Not so the visiting tourists.
I discovered it was “Cesar Chavez Day” when I took time out of a busy workday to travel all the way to the library, only to find it closed.
What a joke.
You mean the law discriminates against law breakers???
I found that out yesterday as well. Got books to pick up at the Homeless Hilton..er, I mean Central Library branch.
And they are trying and succeding in shutting down our Tea Parties! Something is wrong here.
I have never heard of these asshats shutting down a Tea Party before.
Hey, I’m all for immigrant rights. It’s entitlements for illegal aliens that I have a problem with.
“I have never heard of these asshats shutting down a Tea Party before.”
Thanks. Didn’t see that..
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