Rallys This Weekend
Sunday, March 26, 2006

This weekend there were massive protests around the country regarding the latest republican legislation to criminalize illegal immigration. I belive something needs to be done but the current legislation would make it illegal for churches to provide food and clothing not sure if that is a good idea. How will this go over with the christian coalition and all the faith based organizations Bush has pandered to over the last 6 years?

Corporations need to be held accountable, they are a big part of the problem. According to them cheap labor trumps any laws. The republicans are in a pickle here, the xenophobes who are screaming to kick all illegals out are up against big business who pad the wallets of the party. Bush has been trying to court the hispanic vote but this legislation will kill any effort going forward.

Bush has had 6 years to do something about it, but as you can tell nothing has been done. This is the new gay marriage for the republican party, they will use racism as a way to divide people to gain votes in november. Building a wall will only get you so far, holding those who promote illegal immigration is where we need to start.
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Size of L.A. March Surprises Authorities

By PETER PRENGAMAN
Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thousands of immigration advocates marched through downtown Los Angeles in one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in recent U.S. history.

More than 500,000 protesters - demanding that Congress abandon attempts to make illegal immigration a felony and to build more walls along the border - surprised police who estimated the crowd size using aerial photographs and other techniques, police Cmdr. Louis Gray Jr. said.

Wearing white T-shirts to symbolize peace, the demonstrators chanted "Mexico!" "USA!" and "Si se puede," an old Mexican-American civil rights shout that means "Yes, we can."

In Denver, more than 50,000 people protested downtown Saturday, according to police who had expected only a few thousand. Phoenix was similarly surprised Friday when an estimated 20,000 people gathered for one of the biggest demonstrations in city history, and more than 10,000 marched in Milwaukee on Thursday.

"We construct your schools. We cook your food," rapper Jorge Ruiz said after performing at a Dallas rally that drew 1,500. "We are the motor of this nation, but people don't see us. Blacks and whites, they had their revolution. They had their Martin Luther King. Now it is time for us."

Posted by mardenhill 3/26/2006 03:27:00 PM    

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