Immigrants flex clout in US rallies

[struggle4progress]

Tue May 2, 2006 3:39 AM BST
By Jill Serjeant and Dan Whitcomb

... Los Angeles police estimated a throng of up to 250,000 people during a noon demonstration at City Hall and 400,000 at a later rally near the La Brea Tar Pits ... Recent polls show only 30 percent of Americans advocate tougher laws for illegals ... In Chicago, more than 300,000 people marched ... Demonstrations unfolded in Denver, Houston and San Francisco and thousands marched in Mexico in solidarity ... http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-02T023908Z_01_N30434140_RTRUKOC_0_UK-USA-IMMIGRATION.xml

[marmar]

1. "Republican Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado predicted a negative..

Fucking psychotic Nazi asshole gasbag. Can't we deport him?

[mike_c]

2. DU membership has done wonders for my lexicon of insulting...

...characterizations. I'll never be content to call them republican creeps again! :rofl:

[marmar]

3. LOL...

That man brings out my full profane vocabulary.

[rodeodance]

19. it is/was a RW fear tactic (along with 'the INS will be out").

[EFerrari]

21. Truthily, the reaction seems to be negative. But, the alternative

which is saying nothing, is unacceptable.

The was a sign carried nation wide that really impressed me: "Today we march, tomorrow we vote."

There were many legal residents and citizens marching in those protests. They know they've had a turnout problem in the past. Looks like they're about to fix that. No wonder Washington is scared sh!tless.

[rodeodance]

20. Rocky Mountain News has great pic of the rally here.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/

[CountAllVotes]

4. 1M Immigrants Skip Work for Demonstration

LOS ANGELES - More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets Monday, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants.

From Los Angeles to Chicago, Houston to Miami, the "Day Without Immigrants" attracted widespread participation despite divisions among activists over whether a boycott would send the right message to Washington lawmakers considering sweeping immigration reform.

"We are the backbone of what America is, legal or illegal, it doesn't matter," said Melanie Lugo, who with her husband and their third-grade daughter joined a rally of some 75,000 in Denver. "We butter each other's bread. They need us as much as we need them."

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In all, police departments in more than two dozen U.S. cities contacted by The Associated Press gave crowd estimates that totaled about 1.1 million marchers.

more ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/immigration_boycott_day;_ylt=As34232jWCnn8T74wZa9sEys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

:dem:

[Broken_Hero]

5. I'm pretty sure

our tyson plant in Noel, MO was shut down today...but i'm going to check, brb...

[Bobbie47]

7. If this would

of been workers trying to get a union in there..well they would all be without a job tonight.

[Broken_Hero]

8. yeah...

they have a union, but a shitty one...long story, my mother in law worked for tyson for 30plus years...

[Bobbie47]

12. Glad to hear they have a union

I'm surprised. I thought Missouri is a right-to-work state.

[Broken_Hero]

13. Yeah, a shitty one at that...

Long story short, my mother in law, got fired, because she went to her diabetic appointment. My wife, tried getting the Union to help her mother out, they refused. So my wife, had to take up her mothers claim, got shit rolling, and within 8 months, my wife got Tyson to pay a settlement, and rehire her mother, with all her benefits, and vacation/retirement and all that. When the situation was taken care of the union wanted to do a little "photo op" and make it seem like the Union got my mother in law, her job back. My wife told the Union to go take a flying leap...Yeah, go unions...:(

[Acadia Blue]

22. Exactly! BTW illegals are not immigrants. My ancestors were immigrants

because they waited in line to come here. And they came from a poverty stricken horrible place also. I want immigration not illegals.

[Broken_Hero]

14. Damn it...

I can't find a link for it, but tonight on KSN news, the NBC Affilate out of Joplin, MO, they stated that the Noel, MO plant was closed today. Also in my copy of McDonald County Press, just can't find a link online to save my life...

[zyberg]

6. Day Without Immigrants

If it worked out so well for them, maybe they should try 6 months or so....

[CountAllVotes]

10. to be honest with you

I'm not exactly certain as to what my position is on this entire thing. Which side of the coin do I choose? I see both sides, for I am from a family of immigrants as are most/many in the USA. Why is immigration such a huge issue all of a sudden I ask?

My answer is simple: A very fine distraction from reality. :think:

and in the meantime, nothing changes for those involved while might I suggest that plans for "something else" is in the works ... ?

Naw, lets worry about those damn immigrants ... :sarcasm:

:kick:

[rodeodance]

18. it started out as 'border security" --then mushroomed into 'illegal

immigrants". Now it seems they are one and the same.

[sce56]

9. As usual Under Counted!

it was a mill in LA alone not to mention 1/2 a mill in Chicago!

[CountAllVotes]

11. Wow! Powerful!

What a stunning picture! Pictures speak thousands of words! Whoa!!!

:kick:

[Haole Girl]

15. 1M Immigrants Skip Work for Demonstration

1M Immigrants Skip Work for Demonstration

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets Monday, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060502/ap_on_re_us/immigration_boycott_day

[Haole Girl]

16. If only the Democrats could organize like this!

Wouldn't it be great?

[Haole Girl]

17. Oops! Sorry mods...I just saw this is a triplicate. Sorry again!