Posted on 05/01/2010 3:45:24 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
CHICAGO (May 1) -- Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters - including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles - rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
"I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered.
From Los Angeles to Washington D.C., activists, families, students and even politicians marched, practiced civil disobedience and "came out" about their citizenship status in the name of rights for immigrants, including the estimated 12 million living illegally in the U.S. Protestors attend an immigration rally Saturday near the University of Michigan, where President Barack Obama was delivering the commencement address to graduating seniors
Police said 50,000 rallied in Los Angeles where singer Gloria Estefan kicked off a massive downtown march. Estefan spoke in Spanish and English, proclaiming the United States is a nation of immigrants.
"We're good people," the Cuban-born singer said atop a flatbed truck. "We've given a lot to this country. This country has given a lot to us."
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I’m wondering if they had permits to gather - I mean, if they don’t, the gathering would be illegal and the police could ask for ID’s....
That would be a happy ending!
Get you own country if you dont like ours!!! Your here illegal so go home. This country is not your home. leave please
Geez, ask for their ID’s already.
This is big news.
Tea Parties are not.
Violence, racial slurs and calls for uprisings will be downplayed in the story on these rallies.
The lies about violence, racial slurs and calls for uprisings surrounding the Tea Parties will continue to be spread.
Welcome to Obamaland. :)
These are BIG rallies, and they are newsworthy, unlike the Tea Party rallies. At least that’s how the mainstream media sees our world.
And lose all those votes?? Are you kidding. I’m bettinbg that Obama issues some kind of executived order....and screw the immigration laws....and congress and the people and states rights....
Today’s Los Angeles news noted they expected 100,000 and only around 40,000 showed up.
The sleeping giant that has been awakened is the American people.AND WE ARE PISSED.If and when they try to start some crap they will hear from us.
Yep, we are a nation of immigrants Gloria.
Some legal and in recent times many illegal you idiot.
That was it?! In LA?! The numbers were greater than that in 2006.
So is Mexico you idiot.
Only 50,000 in LA?? They were saying it would be twice that.
If the IRS had their digital cameras at the rally, that would be the short list of folks not paying taxes....
Gloria and the other critics of Arizona’s immigration law need to travel more. A lot of countries have immigration laws that are FAR more strict than ours (even the documentation requirements for tourists are more strict in many countries).
According to someone I know who hires questionably documented migrants in So Cal, they are going home. Not enough jobs here any more. The Gangsters are barking up the wrong tree, but don't tell them that. That is the problem with basing your support on the undocumented. You have no idea how many there actually are.
“We’re good people,” the Cuban-born singer said atop a flatbed truck. “We’ve given a lot to this country. This country has given a lot to us.”
They’ve given us crime, and they’ve taken our tax money.
What do the Mayan & Inca people have to say about Cortez invading their country with a bunch of Spanish speaking people?
So a few illegal aliens held rallies; so what.
Millions of U.S. citizens support enforcing OUR laws - and that’s the only thing that matters!
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