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.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Can you here that sucking sound?
That is the sound of the Washington political elite getting ready to reposture themselves on this issue.
By allowing 11 million illegals into this country...our government has failed us.
They will listen and respond to this...and your not going to like it.
Get ready to be bent over and have a new 'one' torn into you.
Keep sending your billions of tax dollars to your state and the feds...to feed, house and medicate this ILLEGAL mob...
I was wondering...did anyone else notice the tipping point on this disaster years ago like I did?
America, the Constitution and the rule of law are about to get shredded...
A disgusting article starting with the misleading title of "immigrants" as opposed to ILLEGAL ALIENS.
You know what, I can't watch the whole thing. It makes my blood boil. And along with that blood boiling, I get violently angry at people who profess to be conservative and front for some of the most anti-American organizations on the planet. As far as I am concerned, there are no bigger traitors in our nation's history, than those who support this illegal immigrant invasion and it's destructive forces against our nation.
Couldn't agree more. The problem is, from the top to the bottom of the Republican party, the sellout on this issue is massive.
Fernando Ortiz was a ‘landscape engineer’ on Long Island who had demanded to be able to vote, on the basis that he had been paying state and federal taxes for ten years. Actually, he had been stopped from casting a ballot by a poll watcher who had suspected his citizenship status, and (illegally, as it turned out) demanded proof of his identity and legal qualification to vote. Ortiz had won a multi-million dollar settlement against the Republican Party of New York in the subsequent “racial profiling and ethnic intimidation” civil suit, but he did not stop there.
Instead, with massive support from the ACLU and various Hispanic “immigrants rights” foundations, he had pressed his demand to be allowed to vote all the way to the Supreme Court…and he won. The Supreme Court, in its famous 5-4 decision, ruled that negligence in securing America’s borders against illegal immigration on the part of the federal government, could not be held against “undocumented workers who played by the rules and paid their taxes,” once they were established in America—legally or not. The federal government had not taken reasonable efforts to secure the border, and had not pursued "undocumented workers" in the USA. Instead, it openly permitted them most of the benefits of citizenship, and it collected their taxes. "No taxation without representation!" was the cry heard all the way to the Supreme Court. The State of New York had then sleep-walked through an aimless and desultory case for denying the vote—and citizenship—to “undocumented workers.”
Following Ortiz v. New York, a stunned America woke up to discover that there were not only an amazing twenty-two million illegal aliens hiding in plain sight across the land, but that eight million of them immediately qualified to vote. In a nation split 50-50 down party and ideological lines, these eight million new voters were recognized to be the certain majority-makers in future elections, and both parties set record lows for cravenness in pandering to their “needs.” Chief among their “needs” were liberal new family reunification laws, and these instant citizens—illegal aliens only a year before—began bringing the remainders of their families to the USA. Legally.
Overnight, wavering Democrat states became locks, and swing states with large Hispanic populations went solidly “blue.” The result was the recent election which had brought Gobernador Deleon to power in Nuevo Mexico, and had also brought radical Democrats to power in the White House and both houses of congress.
Thus had come the political tsunami which swept all before it, a tidal wave triggered by an undocumented lawn maintenance worker named Fernando Ortiz.
I'd love to see a "secure the border rally" to counter the 3rd World Supremacists.
Homeless can even register to vote. All they need to do is identify their street corner/location.
This is NOT an exaggeration--I was amazed when I viewed the official form.
One of the dirty secrets to this whole thing is that 'illegals' apply for military duty in states such as California 20 to 1 over the local grown crop of pap this state calls 'young' Americans...
That is first hand fact directly from recruiters I know, in this state...
Mark my words...there will be a path to citzenship in the dust that settles for 'illegals' who will sign up for infantry...
We happen to have a world war on our hands...
I in know way condone these felon illegals. But you can god damn guarantee that the pentagon would love to knock down the wall that keeps tens/hundreds of thousands of fresh meat from signing up...
Thats a footnote...and...my son is one of the few Californians who stepped up to the plate and volunteered to serve this nation....Army Rangers...
So, if LA burns in a riot of illegals and their supporters, we should say "Payback".
And the media is already readying for Villaraigosa as Governor in 2010 or 2014.
Exactly right. But, the silent majority needs to start talking out loud - and direct their grievances to the people they elected. "We the People", indeed.
transportation 
handing out American Flag so people had them for the pictures
Here since 1998. Co-maintainer of the CW2 ping list for about five years now. My first posting back in '98 was FDR's Executive Order making gold illegal. Sure, a lot of us have seen it coming for a long time. There were lots of anti-Bush comments in 2000 due to his lax immigration policies.
Terrifying. "I wish Osama had dropped a hydrogen bomb on that &^%$hole called Manhattan..." and these people LIVE HERE. They're worse than the leftists screaming about Iraq.
I personally know a lot of "local grown crop of pap(s)" who have signed up served and served again. Your comments are an insult to their service! My daughter's fellow students in her high school (class of 2002) are quite well represented in the WOT. Also friends of hers from other local schools. These kids are faithful to their country and willing to serve and deserve better than your insulting slurs. My neighbor has just returned from his last tour of duty in Iraq (Navy medic) and he is soon to retire. He is not an illegal and none of the many many people we know serving are illegals.
There may be those who sign up and serve who do not have legal status. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing, but if they serve with honor then maybe they are the ones most deserving of US citizenship.
I will never forget how Loretta Sanchez stole the election from B-1 Bob.
It was absolutely astounding that they actually got away with it.
I agree. I wonder what will happen to this country since I see so many people on a CONSERVATIVE site divided on this issue. If they aren't convinced that this is just the beginning of the end of American life as we used to know it and needs to be stopped ASAP, I don't hold out hope for the liberal nuts out there either.
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