Thousands rally against immigration law

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | July 2, 2011 | Christian Boone

[moonshinner_09]

Eighteen-year-old Myra Cerecero said she wakes up every morning praying her parents made it home safely."I'm living in a constant state of fear they'll be picked up," said the daughter of illegal immigrants. The American-born Loganville teen was among an estimated 5,000 protesters -- roughly half the crowd organizers had hoped to attract -- who jammed the streets of downtown Atlanta Saturday morning to voice their opposition to House Bill 87, Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigrants.

The recently signed bill penalizes those who use false identification to secure jobs as well as government officials who fail to enforce the state's immigration laws.

Though the law went into effect Friday, protest organizers say the fight to repeal HB 87 is far from over.

"This is the beginning of the end, not the end," said Teodoro Maus, president of the Georgia Latino Alliance on Human Rights (GLAHR).

Protesters invoked President Barack Obama's name repeatedly as they marched past the state Capitol, signifying their support of the federal DREAM Act, which would provide conditional permanent residency to certain illegal immigrants, such as high school graduates, who came to this country as minors.

[Feckless]

I proposed a cartoon at work, 1st pane is a martian looking guy saying “Take me to your leader”. 2nd pane in a Mex in sombrero with wife and umpteen kids saying “Take me to your welfare office and your school, and your hospital, and your Federal Housing office.....

[bjorn14]

She’s guilty too but Laz would hit it.

http://twitter.com/#!/alas_azules

[Balding_Eagle]

I think it’s going to end up the same way gun control and abortion has ended up..............long bitter battles followed by the conservative position being the law of the land.

We don’t have an endless time to do it, but the movement to law and order is moving much faster this time around.

[Ron H.]

"Si, se puede," Spanish for Obama's 2008 campaign slogan, "Yes we can.

Yes, Amerians can retake its nation if it wants it back but it will not happen all by itself or if one just sits around on their hands waiting on politicians who just give you lip service all the while they work to mainstream the damn illegals in every way they can. Democrats AND Republicans alike are taking sides with Big Business and the illegal alien lobby and Americans are losing.