South Florida immigrants prepare for D.C. rally

[Judi Lynn]

South Florida immigrants prepare for D.C. rally
By Alfonso Chardy, The Miami Herald

6:54 a.m. EST, March 12, 2010

HOMESTEAD
Men and women from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and other countries are spending their evenings at a Homestead community center writing slogans on large white sheets of paper.

"No More Raids,'' says one. "No to the Separation of Families,'' reads another. "Obama, Keep Your Promises,'' says a third.

The placards convey the aspirations of hundreds of undocumented immigrants and their U.S-born supporters who plan to board buses next week in Homestead and other Florida cities to participate in a March 21 march and rally in Washington, D.C. urging President Barack Obama to champion immigration reform.

"I'm going to Washington because the issue affects me personally,'' said Cynthia Moreno, an undocumented Mexican immigrant at Miami Dade College. ``I need the reform for myself, and for the millions of other undocumented immigrants living in the shadows right now.''

More:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-immigrant-rally-homestead-20100312,0,7160795.story

[Mika]

1. Of course, Cuban immigrants have no such problems. They are 1st class citizen/residents.

The rest of us are relegated to 2nd or 3rd class citizen/residents.

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[protocol rv]

2. Cubans have political power in the US

You don't.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Would we be able to travel to Cuba if we took a Cuban "exile" with us?

If that's the case, they should go into business as professional "escorts" to Cuba, Mika! They could advertise nationally, turn it into a big enterprise, taking the rest of us to Cuba. What a treat for all Americans who are banned from travelling there.

I thought I was hearing incorrectly when I first learned years ago that the same loudmouths who howled about being oppressed in Cuba were also the ones who were coming and going to Cuba all the same!

Takes all kinds, apparently.