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Uh oh, the Latinos are protesting like crazy......
BigG:
All these Latinos are just looking for a better life and not just for them and their family but there grandchildren and their children
My family is from El Salvador and we had to jump three borders just to get here but if they would have never done that then i would have been born over there in real poverty and i probably wouldnt be here on the computer writing this.
My dad is a hard working immigrant living pay check to pay check just so that i have a place to live and eat and so that i have a chance to be successful cause they didnt have that chance.
I think all this "there taking our jobs" is stupid and racist. Just cause were accept getting far less money then americans just shows you our struggle. If you would pay us alot more money we'd accept it but your not. And we got to feed our family so we accept any little bits of money for our labor.
hempside:
--- Quote from: Real American on March 24, 2006, 04:14:58 PM ---What part of illegal don't these people understand??? Oh I am sorry, they are rallying for their "freedom".
By the way, there is nothing like rallying Americans to your cause by going around waving Mexican flags in their faces.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstories_story_083135520.html
Thousands Rally For Immigrants' Rights
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(CBS) PHOENIX Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in such cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages.
Congress is considering bills that would make it a felony to be illegally in the United States, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border. The proposals have angered many Hispanics.
The Los Angeles demonstration led to fights between black and Hispanic students at one high school, but the protests were largely peaceful, authorities said.
Chantal Mason, a sophomore at George Washington Preparatory High, said black students jumped Hispanic students as they left classes to protest a bill passed the House in December that would make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally.
"It was horrible, horrible," Mason said. "It's ridiculous that a bunch of black students would jump on Latinos like that, knowing they're trying to get their freedom."
In Phoenix, police said 10,000 demonstrators marched to the office of Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, co-sponsor of a bill that would give illegal immigrants up to five years to leave the country. The turnout clogged a major thoroughfare.
"They're here for the American Dream," said Malissa Greer, 29, who joined a crowd estimated by police to be at least 10,000 strong. "God created all of us. He's not a God of the United States, he's a God of the world."
Kyl had no immediate comment on the rally.
At least 500 students at Huntington Park High School near Los Angeles walked out of classes in the morning. Hundreds of the students, some carrying Mexican flags, walked down the middle of Los Angeles streets, police cruisers behind them.
The students visited two other area high schools, trying to encourage students to join their protest, but the schools were locked down to keep students from leaving, said Los Angeles district spokeswoman Monica Carazo.
In Georgia, activists said tens of thousands of workers did not show up at their jobs Friday after calls for a work stoppage to protest a bill passed by the Georgia House on Thursday.
That bill, which has yet to gain Senate approval, would deny state services to adults living in the U.S. illegally and impose a 5 percent surcharge on wire transfers from illegal immigrants.
Supporters say the Georgia measure is vital to homeland security and frees up limited state services for people legally entitled to them. Opponents say it unfairly targets workers meeting the demands of some of the state's largest industries.
Teodoro Maus, an organizer of the Georgia protest, estimated as many as 80,000 Hispanics did not show up for work. About 200 converged on the steps of the Georgia Capitol, some wrapped in Mexican flags and holding signs reading: "Don't panic, we're Hispanic" and "We have a dream, too."
Jennifer Garcia worried what would the proposal would do to her family. She said her husband is an illegal Mexican immigrant.
"If they send him back to Mexico, who's going to take care of them and me?" Garcia said of herself and her four children. "This is the United States. We need to come together and be a whole."
On Thursday, thousands of people filled the streets of Milwaukee for what was billed as "A Day Without Latinos" to protest efforts in Congress to target undocumented workers. Police estimated more than 10,000 people joined the demonstrations and march to downtown Milwaukee. Organizers put the number at 30,000.
[/quoteoh shit,]A real american fag,is that you....have not hurd from you in a while chump..And passing alaw like (if your illegal in america,that could led up to a felony).how fucking stupid.amerikka at its finest..
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Real American:
The protestors were chanting "Mexico, Mexico" and waving Mexican flags. Basically they see this as the Mexican invasion of the United States. But the media doesn't want to show you that.
Javier:
Uhm these protests are happening in my city and that's completely fucking bullshit. Sure there are some idiots that are chanting Mexico, but the majority. Your proof has been only a handful of people carrying Mexican flags. I've also seen U.S.A, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and other latin american flags. Let them protest for human rights and they're doing it peaceful. What else do you want?
Machiavelli:
You think it only applies to Mexicans?
You can be from Norway and still be illegal....
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