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Protesters shut down Pelosi news conference on DACA, chanting, ‘All of us or none of us’
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 18, 2017 | By Evan Sernoffsky

Posted on 09/18/2017 2:36:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Chanting pro-immigrant slogans — “All of us or none of us,” “Democrats deport” and “We are not a bargaining chip” — more than 60 young people overwhelmed a Monday news conference that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had organized on her home turf in San Francisco to urge passage of the DREAM Act to protect immigrants who were brought to the country as children.

After nearly an hour of boisterous chanting from the group, which called itself “Undocumented Youth,” Pelosi and fellow House Democrats Barbara Lee of Oakland and Jared Huffman of San Rafael packed up and left the carefully orchestrated event.

Among the dozens of people leading the disruption was Luis Angel. He called on Pelosi to fight for a “clean bill” that doesn’t make concessions to the Trump administration and includes a path to citizenship for the roughly 11 million immigrants who are in the U.S., without legal status.

“Where were you when we asked to defend our parents?” the group chanted in a call-and-response led by Angel. “And now you tell us — you have the audacity to tell us — you have been fighting deportation. You are a liar! You are a liar! You are a liar!”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1; border; daca; illegalaliens; immigration; invasion; pelosi; pelosidaca; pelosilies; pelositrump; trumpdaca
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To: Ancesthntr

Nothing that comes out of this Congress will be restricted to 800,000 and there will be no revocation of birthright citizenship.


81 posted on 09/19/2017 6:49:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Which one is the valedictorian?


82 posted on 09/21/2017 4:08:30 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: gaijin

Deport you little punk.


83 posted on 09/21/2017 4:14:02 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: who knows what evil?

It isn’t only about Mexicans either, there are many from around the world who take out visas, fly in to visit relatives and then melt into the crowd.


84 posted on 09/21/2017 4:19:28 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: Fantasywriter

Always read the small print.


85 posted on 09/21/2017 4:24:24 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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