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Rally for Immigrant Rights |
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by Colleen
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01 May 2006
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Crowds gathered at Congressman Tim Johnson's office in Champaign to show their concern and outrage for his recent remarks and voting record on HR-4437. |
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Large and diverse crowds protested at Congressman Tim Johnson's office in Champaign on May Day 2006 as a result of his offensive comments and unpopular voting record on immigrant rights. Over 1,000 signatures and letters supporting the rights of immigrant workers and students in the United States were collected over the past couple weeks from our community. Today, on May 1st, 2006, the letters were delivered to Congressman Tim Johnson's office with great community support and attendance. |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by Luis Narvaez
chidopuma (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
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01 May 2006
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SE VE, SE SIENTE, EL PUEBLO ESTA PRESENTE
IT'S SEEN, IT'S HEARD, THE PEOPLE ARE PRESENT! |
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more photos -- immigrant rights protest |
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01 May 2006
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my photos aren't as good as colleen's -- this is my first attempt -- but we learn by doing. |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by karl roenfanz ( rosey )
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02 May 2006
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i have no problem with legal immigrants, qualify for a gree card,etc. but otherwise the illegal ones are criminals.treat them as such and boot them out, minium health care, confine and deport. almost every country in the world does the same! why do they make twice as much as i do in a month? |
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A Good Example of the Intellectual Level of Many of Those Who Oppose Immigrant Rights |
by historian
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02 May 2006
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Well, Karl, I guess we know where you stand. At least you didn't hypocritically demand that they also have excellent English skills.
;>)
You may want to consider that your employment possibilities would be improved if you dialed back on the ignorance and bigotry and made some effort to improve your own communication skills. You know, that personal responsibility thing that conservatives are always claiming they adhere to?
I don't find your claim that "they make twice as much as i do" to be credible. Most of the undocumented work near or below minimum wage. If you're some gringo-looking -- and presumably properly documented -- dude and you're letting your boss pay you less than half the minumum wage, your real problem is that you're just too stupid to call the labor department to crackdown on your boss. We don't have much in the way of worker protections in US labor law, but we do have at least that much that does work. |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by PhotoNews
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02 May 2006
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See coverage from a "day without immigrants" photo coverage here (direct gallery link) on the PhotoNews website at http://www.iphotonews.com |
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Wrong again |
by Bob
cheroitaliana (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified) |
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02 May 2006
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Hey historian, whose identities are these illegals using when they "work?" Why do citizens' kids have to be in bilingual classes because the illegals won't learn english.
Get it right, this is a protest for illegal immigration. Legal immigrants, like my wife, followed the law and are against these silly protests.
By the way, thanks for hardening my liberal staff. After a couple of illegals beat a liberal coworkers truck while she was waiting in wetback traffic, they wall became against illegals. Thanks. |
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Re: Wrong again |
by Dylan
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02 May 2006
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I see the bigots are really showing their true colors. Bob, are you trying to suggest that illegal immigrants aren't working? I'm willing to bet that they all work twice as hard as you and in way worse conditions. While you're sitting in your cute little cubicle, they're at your house mowing your lawn in the hot weather or breaking their backs pulling weeds. And you know another thing? You're most certainly getting paid a helluva lot more than they are. Illegal immigrants get paid way under minimum wage and can't do anything about it or they'll be a) fired b) deported.
You really made me laugh when you mentioned students learning other languages. Do you seriously think that our students are learning foreign languages just because illegal immigrants "won't learn English" (which isn't a gross generalization)? Maybe it's because it'll help them understand other cultures? Help them if they ever travel? Help them communicate with others who struggle with English but understand another language?
Maybe you should go back to school for a history lesson. It was English-speaking Americans who took over the Southern piece of this country and forced the Natives and Mexicans to learn English. I bet all the Mexicans were whining about how they've got to learn English because some stupid White man won't bother learning Spanish, right?
But besides all of that... your most terrible part was that last comment about a coworker's truck being beaten. So let's think about this: what, 2 or 3 [assumed to be] illegal immigrants beat on a truck. Now suddenly all those 'illegal immigrants' are 'truck beaters?' Maybe we should all be against African-Americans because a black boy raped a girl a little while ago. And let's all be against white people because a couple robbed a bank once.
Nice try, moron.
--Dylan |
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Re: Re: Wrong again |
by Dylan
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02 May 2006
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(which isn't a gross generalization)
should be
(which is a gross generalization) |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by Kurt
chiptoss (nospam) surfy.net (unverified) |
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02 May 2006
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Some Mexican flags got burned in SoCal
http://www.staggeron.org/homeland.html#Mexican_flags_burning |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by kevin
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03 May 2006
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Oh please.
Nothing but cartoonish bigot conservatives?
It is not one tiny bit unreasonable to expect immigrants to learn English. It makes economic and cultural integration much easier.
Yeah, well... I just happen to think that the advances we've made in gay rights (for example) are worthwhile, and that immigrants from *any* place ought to be educated to accept those things. Or even "indoctrinated" to accept those things.
If that makes me a "conservative", then to Hell with the Left. |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by kevin
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03 May 2006
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Oh please.
Nothing but cartoonish bigot conservatives?
It is not one tiny bit unreasonable to expect immigrants to learn English. It makes economic and cultural integration much easier.
Oh no! "Cultural integration"! This guy must be a lunatic racist Republican baby-killler!
Yeah, well... I just happen to think that the advances we've made in gay rights (for example) are worthwhile, and that immigrants from *any* place ought to be educated to accept those things. Or even "indoctrinated" to accept those things.
If that makes me a "conservative", then to Hell with the Left. |
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Re: Rally for Immigrant Rights |
by Ricky Baldwin
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04 May 2006
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Bob and Kevin,
I think I saw a cartoon that sums up your position: in a long line at Ellis Island, one guy finally gets to the counter when it's his turn and says, "We need immigration reform. Don't let anybody in behind me."
And just for the record, plenty of legal immigrants marched on April 10 and rallied at Johnson's office May 1. They aren't all "I got mine" and some (like MY wife, by the way, as long as we're scoring closeness to immigrants) recognize that (1) if you're not American Indian, you're descended from illegal immigrants, and (2) even granted the USA's dubious authority at some historical point to decide who comes and goes in this country -regardless of international law- the US moved its border several times deeper into Mexico, so we really asked for a sieve-like border there.
And that's not to mention the parasitic economy we maintain with regard to Latin America, which provides the incentive. Maquiladoras don't just happen. Neither do US-backed coups d'etats.
Braceros and other immigrant farm workers in the US don't pour in because the feds and the growers and other bosses are charitable organizations -- THE BOSSES MAKE MONEY THIS WAY!!!
And the notorious School of the Americas (even if Congress changed the name) doesn't exactly train boy scouts.
It's easy to pass a law that nobody can sleep under a bridge -- if you know you'll never need to. |
