Posted on 03/25/2006 4:34:12 PM PST by calcowgirl
Joining what some are calling the nation's largest mobilization of immigrants ever, hundreds of thousands of people boisterously marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants, penalize those who help them and build a security wall on the U.S. southern border. Spirited crowds representing labor, religious groups, civil-rights advocates and ordinary immigrants stretched over 26 blocks of downtown Los Angeles from Adams Blvd. along Spring Street and Broadway to City Hall, tooting kazoos, waving American flags and chanting "Si se puede!" (Yes we can!). The crowd, estimated by police at more than 500.000, represented one of the largest protest marches in Los Angeles history, surpassing Vietnam War demonstrations and the 70,000 who rallied downtown against Proposition 187, a 1994 state initiative that denied public benefits to undocumented migrants.
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Many of the marchers were immigrants themselves both legal and illegal -- from Mexico and Central America. Some had just crossed the border, while others had been here for decades. There were construction workers and business owners; families with young children and people in wheelchairs. Throughout the afternoon, protesters heard speakers demand a path toward legalization and denounce HR 4437, which would tighten border enforcement and crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers.
The rally was organized by numerous unions, religious organizations and immigrant rights groups and publicized through Spanish-language media, which encouraged participants to wear white to symbolize peace and bring American flags. The mostly peaceful march stretched over 26 blocks, shutting down streets and tying up traffic around downtown for hours. Police estimated the crowd at 500,000... Participants said the massive mobilization shows that immigrants' voices must be heard and that they are contributing to the country's economy.
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Agreed! Along with enforcing the borders. As a result, we would suddenly see less congestion of our roads, fewer overcrowded classrooms, an excess of affordable housing, accessible hospital emergency rooms, etc. In its absence, we have every city and state wanting to issue more bonds (taxes) for everything from schools to cleaning up the water supply along the Mexican border. It's not rocket science--where there is a will, there is a way. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be the will amongst our politicians.
Took the words right off my keyboard...
College graduates every one. Electrical engineering, mathematics, chemical engineering, astrophysics.
I agree that border enforcement should accompany rounding up and jailing the employers. Put those employers and any illegals taken into custody in normal circumstances in tent city jails along the border. Put them to work building the fence.
Keep your weapons handy. You may need them. This has all the trappings of 1992 all over again.
CNN parroting George W. Bush? Now I know we're living in the last days.
Go the website of the Communist party - USA.
They are the biggest boosters of illegal immigration.
Years back a group of citizens protested the employment of Illegal aliens by a supermarket in California. The CP organized a counter-protest and attacked them.
if you saw my 83-year old father, a landscaper , who was born in the United States of America (and so was my mother, and so were their parents and grandparents and great grandparents, etc.,) you might mistake him for an illegal... he speaks English and Spanish... he speaks fast... he speaks with a kind of accent... but he is an American born and raised here by American parents... and he's proud of it, too...
a lot of his clients assume he's from Mexico... one even asked him if he were going to work on Cinco de Mayo or take the day off... my Dad replied, "Why would i celebrate Cinco de Mayo? I celebrate Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Veterans' Day."
And you're right a hop, skip, and a jump away from WV. Is there anywhere left?
Cinco de Mayo on Olvera Street should be a real blast this year.
The late great State of California ... drowned in a sea of brown.
It would be much more satisfying to gas it and incarcerate it.
I almost fainted when I heard CNN doing that yesterday.
One question I've had today about this particular march:
What percentage of this crowd would have been in downtown LA today anyway?
My guess is that the percentage would be very high.
The number one activity in the Latino community in LA on a Saturday is to gather downtown.
Well, my friends, now they're emboldened.
Be very careful, please!
No kiddin'. I'm betting Los Angeles will be ablaze by morning.
Donde Esta El Presidente Bush?
Mexico perhaps...? There can't be too many of 'em left, they're all here now.
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