“March for America” took place on Sunday, March 21, at Washington D.C.’s National Mall and it drew tens of thousands of activists from across the country rallying for amnesty.
They carried banners from their home countries and signs reading, “You need us as much as we need you,” and “No human being can be Illegal.”
Due to the pressure from the health care reform debate Obama did not attend Sunday’s demonstration. However he did record a message of reassurance to the illegal immigrants and their supporters that appeared on jumbo televisions. The gist of the recorded message was that he would fix the “broken immigration system.”
Among the speakers at the pro-amnesty rally was Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, leader of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, he compared the Latino amnesty quest to the civil rights movement and said, “This is our Selma.”
The Sunday rally in the country’s capitol allowed amnesty advocates to send a clear message that they won’t excuse any delays on revamping the “comprehensive” immigration system and they threatened leaders in Washington they would vote accordingly in the November midterm elections.
It’s worth pointing out that many of the Latino rally participants reside in this country illegally and are not eligible to vote.
The rally took place days after Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced an outline for a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The three-page blueprint included a controversial mass amnesty provision; create a national biometric ID tamper-proof card and a guest worker program.
Even though the legislation was drawn up in a bipartisan fashion, Graham warned that the bill would receive little support from Republicans if health care reform were passed. Graham suggested if the White House muscled through health care, “immigration reform will be dead.”
However, many illegals are tired of living in the shadows. Rosy Medina boarded a bus in Dallas that would tack her to Washington, DC, to participate in the pro-amnesty rally. ”We live in uneasiness, with panic, without power to buy a house, without licenses to drive,” said Medina, a Mexican illegal alien who, has lived in the country illegally for eight years.
“We are going to be the voice of millions who only want to be given the same opportunities of everyone, that they be allowed to work and that they not be persecuted,” said Rosa Maria Ramos, a resident of Brownsville, Texas, who emigrated 17 years ago from Mexico.
Liberal Failure Demonstrates California’s Economy is Heading Over a Cliff
Nowhere has the throngs of illegal immigrants been felt than California. The state leads the way for immigrants to set up their casa. The massive illegal problem has resulted in a state with huge budget crisis and higher-than-average unemployment numbers.
In 2009, there were an estimated 2.6 million illegal immigrants – nearly a quarter of America’s total illegal immigrant population – residing in California.
“With our state budget in tatters, millions of Californians out of work, failing schools and a state prison system strained by massive overcrowding, California simply cannot continue to ignore the toll that illegal immigration takes on our budget and economy,” says Steve Poizner a Republican Gubernatorial candidate.
“Steve Poizner is willing to take bold steps in order to stop illegal immigration, while Meg Whitman (also a Republican) wants to continue with the status quo. Ten states have passed laws restricting benefits to illegal immigrants and as governor, Poizner will ensure that California does the same,” said Communications Director Jarrod Agen. “The differences in the Republican primary are clear - Steve is proposing bold reforms to turn off the magnets which draw illegal immigrants to California, while Meg Whitman advocates for amnesty.”
However, a recent Field Poll in California has Meg Whitman with a commanding lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Even if Poizner were to claim all the undecided voters he would be shy of the votes necessary to earn a bid to play ball with Democrat Jerry Brown the left’s frontrunner.
Whitman claims the lion share of most likely voters 63 percent, while Poizner captured 14 percent with 23 percent undecided. In a head-to-head with Brown, the EBay executive Whitman edges out the Democrat.
However Poizner camp is convinced his position on illegal immigration will resonate with the voters especially after the embattled health care fight. The Latino caucus has pushed the President to take on comprehensive immigration reform this year or face the consequences at the polls in November, according to pro-amnesty activists.
If elected governor, Poizner will advocate for the following policies; cutting taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, holding employers responsible for following the law, ending sanctuary city practices and securing our borders.
One thing is certain, after a bitter health care battle most agree the country is not in a position to take on another contentious issue.
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Saw at the march many foreign flags. Saw the Ameican flag flown upside down, dragged in the dirt, walked on. Saw signs calling for revolution, calling Democrats and Republicans racists and fascists, saw Americans being denied freedom of speech. Heard the National anthem booed, heard a number of people claim that Texas, Arizona and California were not part of U.S. Heard a lot of hatred towards Americans and America. Really strange behavior by people who say they want to become citizens.
Forget the top 3 Liberals running for Governor. They are billionaires, liars, and pretenders.
There's only one Conservative running for office who will end illegal immigration in CA and save our state tens of billions of dollars.
Nightingale For Governor .com
Deport all criminal illegal aliens...no amnesty!
I was at this march and also saw the teabaggers at the Capitol.
"It’s worth pointing out that many of the Latino rally participants reside in this country illegally and are not eligible to vote."
How do you know that?
What gives these illegal aliens the right to demonstrate on American soil and demand amnesty? Yes, what? Illegal aliens have NO RIGHT to demand anything in this Country. Get them back to their own Country where they have EVERY RIGHT to demand anything they want.
Get our immigration laws ENFORCED and get these illegal aliens out of this Country. They don't belong here!
Hey Estoban,
and then you woke up. Get a life moron.
They are not “undocumented.” They are “illegal aliens.” They are not supposed to be here. Period. Every American is a hard worker. Thanks to the invader, wages are depressed to third world levels.
Americans of all races have expressed their disapproval for the upcoming scam-Amnesty pushed by the racist Illinois Congressman and Mexican loyalist, Luis Gutierrez. After all, Democrats have to pay the Hispanic community back for allowing illegal immigrants to vote in our elections (an offense that would get you a prison sentence in Mexico).
Why is it that the children of illegal aliens are granted the same rights and privileges as the descendants of slaves for whom the Fourteenth Amendment was written into the Constitution? Why should Black American children have to compete with millions of illegal alien children for seats in schools, quality attention from educators, diminishing social services and ever-distant opportunities? Why is the proud refrain, “We Shall Overcome” now muffled by
@ Me
I wish it was a dream. Unfortunately it's on YouTube and flicker and it's a nightmare.
the clamor of “We Will Overwhelm and Take Your Country?” If you seek answers, just look to the “real racist” groups like The National Council of La Raza (The Race), MeCHA, LULAC, and a terrorist group called the “Mexica Movement.” Their official platform says:
“We totally reject all illegal European Colonial Squatter Occupation Borders on our continent. We also reject Colonialism’s right to keep stealing the wealth of our lands. And we reject their artificial divisions of our people!” This is a group that thinks America is their property, and anyone who doesn’t fit their description should leave the country. What it also means is this is a hateful, racist and terrorist group, and it should be denounced immediately. Of course, we will be called racist. What Americans are fed up with are the millions and millions of people who come here and do not want to assimilate or learn the language. People who send their earnings? “home” to another country. People who are turning 2 bedroom apart
apartments and single family homes into illegal camps housing up to 100. People who are stealing I.Ds and Social Security numbers from American taxpayers. People who are turning entire neighborhoods and city sections into Tijuana’s, where half the store signs advertise “llanteras usadas.” People who are killing American citizens at the rate of 27 per day through murder, drunk driving, etc. People who expect and demand their kids to be taught in Spanish, and don’t care what we Americans think. People who since 2000 have desecrated our National border parks with 25 million tons of trash.
People who decline to buy auto insurance or set enough aside to cover their? liabilities. People who use our expensive hospital emergency rooms as their cold and sniffle clinics. The real complaint here is that those “lazy Americans” who still try to “follow the rules” find themselves increasingly squeezed and taxed, fingerprinted and regulated and licensed and strip-searched, while the illegals thumb
their noses, disregard our wishes, and give the finger to our laws.
Why would they want “reform” of a law they’ve shown no intention of obeying? What they really want is “belly up immigration surrender” - free instant citizenship rights to all government welfare benefits for any of their people who can get here. Why is it dangerous that we can’t discuss these? things frankly in the open, without crippling euphemisms that disguise what this is really about?
We’ve all seen the news coverage with millions of illegal aliens waving Mexican flags in our streets demanding to be awarded citizenship.
We’ve heard the threats from the their seditious leaders elected to our offices. We’ve seen the American flag burned, or hung upside down beneath the Mexican flag. They insist we’d be nothing without them.
They call it “Reconquista.” The sleeping giant is starting to rise from its decade’s old slumber.
They are artificially encouraged by tens of millions of their illegal illegitimate brethren that victory is within reach. The coming conflict with these parasites in parasite’s clothing will end with the American citizens authorizing a mass banishment that will make President Eisenhower’s “Operation Wetback” puny in comparison.
The illegal alien network support system and Mexican government will counter with “you can’t possibly deport 12 million people. Yes we can deport 30 million people. I suppose the counter stopped in the 1990s when we first heard the 12 million figure. There will a national movement. Legislators and Lawmakers will be forced to write new restrictions. To be an illegal alien in the United States will become difficult. People will self-deport. Those who don’t will be arrested, and imprisoned.
The national bleeding will then stop. I will no longer have to press 1 for my own language...
A mere 2.6 million illegals in the [once] Golden State? Don't make me laugh! It's probably close to that in LA County alone! Try 4 to 5 million in CA, and 30,000,000 nationally. And, why are illegal aliens wasting their time and the bus fuel protesting in DC? Barry Hussein is the best friend an illegal alien ever had! Well...maybe 2nd best...Arizona RINO Juan McAmnesty is their Numero Uno Amigo!
I still think that current immigration laws must be enforced. Illegal immigrants come to this country becasue the US governemnt does not enforce our immigration laws. To stop illegal immigration, the US government must start enforcing the laws already on the books. That means, we have to deport illegal aliens. As a country, we cannot allow this situation to continue. We spend lots of our tax dollars (health care, housing, education for illegal aliens) That has to stop now.
Marches On America
by Rick Oltman on Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:44 am
Marches on America
On Sunday March 21st thousands of illegal alien supporters and open borders advocates met in Washington DC to demand the Obama Administration keep its promise of amnesty for illegal aliens. At the same time, there was another March on America. A March of drug thugs and illegal aliens… Secure Border Intel org
The D.C. “March on America” is in support of others who are marching on America, illegal aliens, drug smuggles and, hopefully not but probably, terrorists. Because when you advocate open borders, that will be most definitely be the result.
Watch the video and see for yourself how secure the border is. Illegal aliens and drug smugglers caught on tape just 45 miles from downtown Phoenix. Drug thugs carrying submachine guns just 45 miles from Arizona’s Capital, 45 miles from schools, shopping centers and neighborhoods.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s assurances are hol
What makes anyone think that if these lawbreakers are given a pass and get amnesty/citizenship that they'll suddenly start obeying the law anymore than they have already? Crime is inbred. Don't tell me they just come for job. They don't or we wouldn't see the many accounts daily of rapes, pedophilia, domestic abuse, theft, drunk drivers, etc. It will continue and accelerate. Let's get the pro-illegals out of Congress and get the illegals out of the country.
By reading all comments here, one realizes that the people complaining the most are the low-life, uneducated,unemployed population. These are the folks who have never succeeded at anything in life and thus blame the hard working illegal immigrants for their own misfortunes. "If you are reading this, you know in your heart it's true" :)
The illegals are coming to America to do the jobs that American's don't want to do?
There's NO way.......and here's why:
This news is out today:
AZ Border Agents Apprehend 111 illegals
Link: tiny.cc/eqb9p
At the bottom of the article is says:
"Through the first five months of fiscal year 2010, agents in the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector had made 88,453 apprehensions, up 9 percent from the 81,114 apprehensions at the same time last year"
So they're still flooding across at even higher numbers!!!
88,000 people tried to cross in just one small section of border
So what jobs are these people flooding across to do here in the U.S.???
Unemployment is 10% and Latino unemployment is 15%+!!!
They must be coming over for another reason?
Once they get amnesty, guess who's also going to pay for their health insurance?
You & I
Who is going to pay the $8K per year to teach their kids?
You & I
Who pays for the bulk of taxes to provide them
I'm really getting tired of the illegal immigrants. Immigration is fine. But what's happening is just out of control.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Let's say another amnesty (reform) takes place, and without complete and serious border walls, what is to stop even more illegals from entering our country hoping that they too can also get an amnesty in the future? As more illegals are made into instant citizens, their political muscle will be stronger, and if you think they are throwing their weight around now, you haven't seen anything yet.
DF says:
"I was at this march and also saw the teabaggers at the Capitol."
Were those teabaggers liberals?
Jose Cuervo says:
"By reading all comments here, one realizes that the people complaining the most are the low-life, uneducated,unemployed population. These are the folks who have never succeeded at anything in life and thus blame the hard working illegal immigrants for their own misfortunes. "If you are reading this, you know in your heart it's true""
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Quit posting your damn La Raza propaganda lies. The low-life, uneducated population are the illegal aliens. Illegal aliens are lawbreakers and criminals who have no respect for the rule of law. Illegal aliens are losers in every way, shape, and form.
We are pleased that Kimberly Dvorak also posts her great pieces at sdrostra dot com !!
"Quit posting your damn La Raza propaganda lies. The low-life, uneducated population are the illegal aliens. Illegal aliens are lawbreakers and criminals who have no respect for the rule of law. Illegal aliens are losers in every way, shape, and form."
YOU ARE CORRECT, YOU SEE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE IN OTHERS! Peace :)
I wonder what Kimberly Dvorak's been smoking lately. She's totally off the mark in this piece. Where does she make the case that the Amnesty push has been dampened by Obamacare? Why, because Zero didn't attend the march? That means the Amnesty push "was dampened"? Not!
Truth is...Obamacare's passing has given new vigor to the pro-lawbreaker, pro-Amnesty camp. Now, as to whether Congress can ram it thru is another story. Will the Blue Dogs do the same on Amnesty? They might. Will the Senate Republicans be able to stop it?
Arizona is about to pass the toughest bill in the country on illegals--allowing local police to FINALLY enforce Fed. Immigration laws! What a novel idea. It's the brainchild of Patriot State Sen. Russell Pearce. Pearce should be the Governor of Arizona, but I'll take Sheriff Joe. Either one of them would stop the Invasion cold by putting National Guard troops on the porous AZ-Mexico Border. Arizona IS the Invasion state, where most of the illegals break in.
Jose Cuervo says:
"YOU ARE CORRECT, YOU SEE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE IN OTHERS! Peace :)"
There you go again, posting another lie.
Gotta agree w/ Levotb on this one. Most people seem to believe that illegals are now LEGALLY entitled to free medical, further emboldening illegals.
Illegal aliens are destroying this Country, and one would have to be almost blind not to see this. How much longer do we have to support these illegal aliens? How much longer do we have to school their illegal alien children? How much longer are we going to let them have our jobs? How much longer are we going to put up with all the crime, stolen identities, forged documents, fake green cards? How much longer are we going to allow these illegal aliens to send money out of this Country and bring our Country down? Oh, amnesty will correct all this. WRONG! Nothing will change except we wouldn't be able to call them illegal aliens any more. Let's get rid of these illegal aliens! Let's get them back to their own Country where they belong!
I'm from Delaware, and we are pressing to get the Oklahoma State Illegal Immigration Law, HB 1804, passed here in Delaware. We are just fed up with the illegal aliens.
PART 1: Jose Cuervo is obviously a leftwing nut who enjoys spreading his pro-illegal alien propaganda online. Let's look at the facts. There are some VERY hard working illegals, and I welcome those who work hard and contribute to the American team. But for every hardworking illegal, there is a bad one, a lazy one, one that is a human parasite. If we could let the good ones stay and deport the rest, then America would come out on top. But there are SO many who simply live off the taxpayers , and this has to stop. They are clogging our schools, our roads, our parks, our hospitals, and the situation is completely out of control. I’m not a racist and I write this with no emotion. I’m simply sharing what most people already know. ObamaCare will destroy America and its liberties, and giving amnesty to millions of illegals will only make a bad situation a lot worse. So pick your poison: Do you want America to die in 10 years (without amnesty), or in 5 years (with amnesty)?
PART 2: Either way, America is screwed because we now have an evil dictator in the White House, and he clearly hates America and what it stands for. Knowing how much Obama hates most of us, I’ll bet he WILL give amnesty because only the devil would do such a thing. Read the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and understand what our founding fathers envisioned when they created this great country. Now we are taxed to the hilt and it will get a lot worse before it gets better. I’m still shocked that ObamaCare actually became law. I don’t believe most people really understand just how bad this healthcare law is. Overnight we became just like the European nations with socialized healthcare which leads to lower wages, high taxes, fewer freedoms, and poor medical care. People left Europe hundreds of years ago to get away from high taxation and especially taxation without representation, but our current govt has taken us back to the days of the American Revolution.
PART 3: Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are all pieces of crap. Yes, and I mean CRAP. You people suck and I hope you rot in hell. You are so arrogant and constantly refuse to listen to the majority of Americans. You may be riding high now, but your bubble will burst and you'll come crashing to the ground. You mother fu**ers are unbelievable for what you've done and are trying to do to America. Yes, you will pay dearly for causing so much harm to this great nation.
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