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Posted on 04/11/2006 10:22:19 AM PDT by Crackingham
Massive street marches to protest a proposed crackdown on illegal immigration have energized U.S. Hispanics and may signal a new day of Hispanic political involvement. The demonstrations, which attracted both legal and illegal residents across the country, mean politicians may face an angry Hispanic electorate in which Republicans would be the biggest losers, activists said on Monday.
Half a million people marched in Los Angeles two weeks ago, and another half a million protested in Dallas on Sunday. On Monday, there were smaller marches in more than 60 cities, all to express displeasure with proposed legislation in Washington aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration. As happened in Los Angeles, the Dallas march stunned the organizers, who expected only 20,000 people in politically conservative Texas.
"Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine half a million people marching in a city that has 1.2 million people," said Lydia Gonzalez Welch, a board member with the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, which promoted the so-called Mega March.
"The feeling of celebration and amazement yesterday was powerful and we will make sure that power continues to be demonstrated and the local leaders will feel it," she said.
"This is the first real social movement, bottom-up, grass-roots movement of the 21st century," longtime Hispanic activist and university professor Jose Angel Gutierrez told the Dallas Morning News.
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Democrats stand to gain most from new Hispanic involvement because political analysts say that, typically, two-thirds of Hispanics vote for their party. Despite exuberance among activists, greater Hispanic political activism is not assured because the Hispanic population is not a political monolith, experts say. While U.S.-born Hispanics are largely sympathetic to illegal immigrants, a Pew Hispanic Center survey found that a third of them feel illegal immigrants drive wages down.
Republicans have made gains in attracting Hispanics, but could lose ground by pushing a harder line against illegal immigrants, said Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson in Dallas.
They "should take a deep breath here, and ask themselves what a failure to deal with the concerns of immigrants both legal and illegal will mean for the Republican Party," he said.
Republican political consultant Bill Miller in Austin agreed the party is in a difficult position.
"It's a real high risk situation for Republicans, and it's almost all down side," he said. "There is no more sacred issue to Hispanics."
But I thought this wasn't about "hispanics", only about "illegals".
Funny, but I'm reading a lot of commentators who think the pro-illegal crowd is shooting itself in the foot with these rallies.
And the real losers in all of this are..... the African Americans. Anyone else agree?
That is what they said in 1986.
I wonder how many Americans (Hispanic and otherwise) sat at home and sadly shook their heads at the antics and hoped that the wall would be a high one.
They are doing exactly that.
the Mexican constitution does not allow foreigners to participate in the political affairs of the country.
That ban applies to participation in demonstrations.
Of course.
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This immigrant competition has hit black Americans especially hard. A recent New York Times report pointed out, "In 2000, 65 percent of black male high school dropouts in their 20s were jobless — that is, unable to find work, not seeking it or incarcerated. By 2004, the share had grown to 72 percent, compared with 34 percent of white and 19 percent of Hispanic dropouts."
Old civil-rights groups avoid debate on immigration
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Yet, many blacks soft-target illegal immigrants for the crisis and loudly claim that they take jobs from unskilled and marginally skilled blacks. Black fury over immigration has cemented an odd alliance between black anti-immigrant activists and GOP conservatives, fringe anti-illegal immigration groups and racially tinged America-first groups.
"Democrats stand to gain most from new Hispanic involvement"
Only because the Republicans are idiots.
Most Hispanics are pro-family, anti-abortion and anti same-sex marriage.
They become democrats only because the dims pretend concern for them and the reps. act as if they don't want to be seen in the same room with a Mexican.
Dims were out at the marches yesterday signing up new voters. WHERE WERE THE REPUBLICANS???
The Mexicans can't argue with it - it's their law! The socialists can't argue with it, because it equalizes the nations. Even the UN couldn't argue with it. We're giving them their own laws, so who can complain?
BTW, the Mexican immigration laws practically outlaw any immigration what so ever, and if you do immigrate, you're a second class citizen for life. We should follow their lead , join hands, and sing Kumbia.
Be pro-Mexican immigration. Support the Mexican immigration law.
Someone here on FR asked a question: Who is funding and organizing these marches? The people are carrying mass produced signs.
Soros comes to my mind, but the MSM are not touching the organization and funding issues in the least.
Mrs VS
Either we do as Mexico says, or there will be massive anarchy in the streets. America WILL obey!
This guy deserves the No S*** Sherlock award.
Anyone who opposes a greatly enlarged & radicalized socialist nanny state loses.
Cause thats whats coming if 20 million illegals plus dependents are legalized.
At home watching the RATS alienate themselves with the elderly, veterans, Middle Class workers, 2nd generation Americans, Reagan Democrats and a whole host of folks we might call average taxpaying Americans.
The RATS are busily building a shark filled tank to jump.
I am not adamant either way in this issue, as a son of legally immigrated hispanic parents, but these demonstrations have definately hardened me against these folks (ILLEGAL immigrants).
Neither did the billions of American citizens who witnessed, right before their eyes, a foreign invasion of our great nation.
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