We were part of history today. We went as a family to support our people here in Los Angeles. Today there was a march and a boycott in every hispanic state in the US. Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami unified in a MASSIVE show of unity. A reported 400,000 people in LA alone, although it seemed more than that from there.
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I would be interested in hearing your take on the immigration issues. Do you think it is okay for people to enter the country illegally? Why do you think people don’t go through legal channels? If you don’t believe the current proposed law changes make sense, what do you think should be done?
you go melvin! As well, down south, here in Mexico, everyone boycotted American products. Myself included. Er um, i did the boycotting (not, um, uh, was boycotted). Actually, to be honest, Marcia bought me a Coke. I felt guilty as I drank it on the beach. But we all did our share down here as best we could.
Yeah, man. Same here in Kansas City. Not nearly 400k, about half that population here. Seems nearly 80% participated. The talk show hosts had nothing but venom for them. Sad. The U.S. will miss out on what could be a tremendous boost to the economy if common ground is not reached.
These pictures are great! There was not as large of a boycott here in Minneapolis, but then again I would imagine we have a smaller population and therefore a smaller amount of people to support it. But we had one great thing, more than just Mexicans. There were many other groups there suporting the idea that EVERYONE in America is a child of an immigrant. The only people that were here were the Native Americans so many years ago… if anyone should understand successful and peaceful immigration, it should be our politicians learning from their forefathers who came here to escape the same types of persecution so many immigrants that come to the United States are escaping. ¡Si se puede!
let’s just say i’ve been listening to Rage Against The Machine all morning.
Man that is awesome. I support the protests although I did not join in the rallies due to work.
Here’s what I wrote on a comments section/poll that WFAA-Channel 8 held here in Dallas:
If more people could see how others in poor countries live, they would be more compassionate instead of saying the “best thing” is to send everyone back to Mexico and other countries. It’s strange how we all become such law-abiding citizens when we are not the law breakers.
When parents have to feed their children and there is no food, they will do whatever it takes to survive. Laws will not keep people from coming to the U.S. This is the land of the free and this freedom we enjoy is what every human being is seeking.
I’m for helping those that need our help. We can find a suitable solution that will protect the U.S. and help those in need. The answer is not labeling them criminals and sending everyone back. That is costing more. If it’s the welfare people are concerned about, fix it. If it’s jobs, create a solution.
There are many other criminals in the U.S. that we should be concerned about not people looking for a better life. Let’s put ourselves in their shoes and we will understand why they come here any chance they get.
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could you describe the general atmosphere or feelings of people that went there? I think it’s quite interesting this kind of social marchs even their impact is not quite mesurable in its political influence I think they contribute to enhance people’s political conscience…
San Antonio had no protesters. I have an article that describes why. San Antonio is a good indicator of what will happen 15 years from now in LA, NY, Chicago and Miami. In the 80′s during the last amnesty push, San Antonio was the most visible city politically on this issue (Henry Cisneros lives here). Today San Antonio is 65% Hispanic with the English speaking rate at 85%. Very interesting. San Antonio has almost no ESL classes in the school districts. A city once mostly full of spanish speakers is now almost entirely Englsih speaking. This is the future and where the whoel debate should be focused.
Where’s the article?
Jaime…I don’t get it. Yes, please pass on that article.