Posted on 02/15/2017 2:53:26 AM PST by Altura Ct.
A sea of demonstrators on Monday marched from Milwaukee's predominantly Hispanic south side to the downtown courthouse to protest a plan that would deputize local law enforcement officers as federal immigration agents.
Busloads of demonstrators from about a dozen communities around Wisconsin arrived to join local protesters in the mile-long march. Parents with children in strollers, young men hoisting Mexican and American flags, and older supporters mingled as the crowd, estimated at 10,000 to 20,000 by police, moved through the streets chanting "Si, podemos!" or "Yes we can!"
Jose Flores, board president at Voces de le Frontera, one of the groups organizing the march, said he is fearful of the plan by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to enroll his deputies in a federal program that allows them to perform immigration law enforcement functions.
"Many peoples got to be afraid, you know. Like many families in this county, there's a lot of hard workers. They are not criminals. We are not criminals," Flores said.
Activists also marched against President Donald Trump's stand on immigration and his executive order that targets just about any immigrant living in the country illegally for deportation.
"There's a lot of hate in the country now with the new president and we march for that too," Flores said.
Organizers invited Latinos and others around the state to close their businesses, take their children out of school and march to stop Clarke from turning deputies into immigration agents.
In a statement, Clarke said the United States has an interest in controlling its borders, including for national and domestic security reasons, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and to "control the number of another failed nation's refugees which would overwhelm America's limited public services."
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The more protesters that show up, the riper the hunting grounds....
Yeah, that doesn’t help very much. Even the “hard workers” are doing something wrong while here. Working hard to keep those jobs out of reach of AMERICAN citizens. When they monopolize those blue collar type manual labor positions there’s a domino effect and that effect is NOT a boost to anybody but the wealthiest of America.
That is RIDICULOUS.
Make them dig their own pit:)
Being a violent racist is preferable to being a DEAD racist - although you may disagree with that proposal.
They sneak into our country and then wave their Mexican flags...
Drag ‘em back to Mexico...
speak for yourself- I can’t stand these guys. And yes, they should all go away
Marchers: STOP ARRESTING CRIMINALS!
Sheriff Clark Ping.. o wait I can’t do that on FR cuz he has appeared on GBecks show... un ping.
Federal detention camps need to be opened, mass arrests anytime large groups of these CRIMINALS gather to “protest”.
They are directly challenging Trump and the right wing and getting away with it.
They should be so scared of getting caught that they are in hiding, not marching in the streets of EFFING WISCONSIN HOLDING MEXICAN FLAGS.
Trump needs to get tougher.
Yah, and they'll call us that same lame sh*t if I don't post this. SO blow it out yer cheeze grater!
Meanwhile, your yellow sniveling is exactly the kind of "afraid of their own shadow" cowardly excuse-making that almost destroyed the GOP before Trump showed them that they actually had a sac, and how to use it!
Ya bug-sauce lizard squirter!
OMG!!! LMAO!!!!!!!
Absolutely a great place to start.
If they are going to collect themselves in groups like that, the only thing holding you back is a lack of buses.
If they are such hard workers,....HOW COME They are not at WORK? HEH HEH
Yes I'm sure even more ignorance is what is needed here.
Look. I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, but it appears you really do advocate violence. On that alone, your post should be flagged and deleted.
I’m not going to climb down in the gutter with you. Your trolling is so pathetic, it doesn’t deserve further response.
Dual citizenship? People seeking U.S. citizenship from countries who allow dual citizenship ought to be denied citizenship here.
The U.S. allows dual citizenship. There are probably millions of U.S. citizens that have dual citizenship.
Amen!
Allow me to stand with you, Sir.
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