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Immigration rally in L.A. one of city's largest -- ever
CNN ^

Posted on 03/25/2006 4:18:42 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tens of thousands of immigrant rights advocates from across Southern California marched Saturday in protest of federal legislation that would build more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and make helping illegal immigrants a crime.

The march followed rallies on Friday that drew throngs of protesters to major cities around the nation.

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"They say we are criminals. We are not criminals," said Salvador Hernandez, 43, of Los Angeles, a resident alien who came to the United States illegally from El Salvador 14 years ago and worked as truck driver, painter and day laborer.

You are a criminal. You broke our laws.

1 posted on 03/25/2006 4:18:45 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe
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To: Lunatic Fringe

2 posted on 03/25/2006 4:19:31 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Bump
http://www.numbersusa.com/index


3 posted on 03/25/2006 4:20:49 PM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: Lunatic Fringe

I suspect they thought this would intimidate Americans into backing them. It just pisses me off.


4 posted on 03/25/2006 4:21:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

The illegal aliens and the criminals who hire them and the criminals who harbor them are getting out in the street making their desires known. It is way past time those of us who support the rule of law and secure borders did the same.

Join Veterans for Secure Borders, The Minuteman Project, Latino Americans for Immigration Reform, Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, and other groups protesting amnesty for these criminals, and demanding the government protect our borders.

http://www.areckoning.com/

FReepers should be at this rally in strength. Saturday, May 6, in Crawford, TX.


5 posted on 03/25/2006 4:21:40 PM PST by SUSSA
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Wait till the sun goes down.


6 posted on 03/25/2006 4:22:11 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: Lunatic Fringe

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600704/posts


7 posted on 03/25/2006 4:23:10 PM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: Lunatic Fringe

This just proves that these guys are a bunch of malcontents who contribute nothing, but make huge demands.


8 posted on 03/25/2006 4:24:11 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Watch this video from the above FR post.
http://www.wehategringos.com/index2.shtml

You might have to turn the volume down.


9 posted on 03/25/2006 4:25:28 PM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Why don't we just annex Mexico and get it over with?


10 posted on 03/25/2006 4:26:55 PM PST by SamAdams76 (Need a tree census in Maine)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

This is so wrong it is indescribeable in the English language. In Mexico, such crowds of people who would not be FROM Mexico would be fired on and/or arrested and imprisoned IMMEDIATELY. It is in the Mexican constitution that such behavior is NOT allowed in Mexico.


11 posted on 03/25/2006 4:27:53 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SamAdams76

Mexico is in the process of annexing America.


12 posted on 03/25/2006 4:29:00 PM PST by Boston Blackie
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To: cripplecreek

They are socialists waving a flag to another country while DEMANDING our American politicians do what THEY SAY and want.

Americans stand up for our Country NOW!

I called our lawn company and said dont you dare send any illegals to work on our lawn!

I also called a foundation company coming out next week to work on our foundation and told them the exact same thing
NO illegals!!

A illegal couldnt seak english came to our table today when we went out to eat, we all got up called the manager over and told them we were leaving and wouldnt be back till all illegals are GONE out of their restaurant, you should see the response and shock look on their faces.

Everyone should do the same!!!!


13 posted on 03/25/2006 4:30:36 PM PST by stopem (Call your lawn care co. and any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on your pr)
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To: SamAdams76
Why don't we just annex Mexico and get it over with?

I have a better idea...let's trade all the worthless unemployed los negroes who are on the gummint mammary for the 11 million Mexicans in this country working paying taxes and making our economy grow....!!!

14 posted on 03/25/2006 4:31:21 PM PST by RVN Airplane Driver (Most Americans are so spoiled with freedom they have no idea what it takes to earn and keep it.)
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To: Boston Blackie

They already have make no mistake about that!


15 posted on 03/25/2006 4:31:42 PM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
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How about asking us if they can stay in our country, instead of demanding? How about refraining from telling us that WE are the invaders and WE should get out? How about not calling us names like "gringos"?

My hope and prayer is that the utter gall and complete arrogance of these people will finally tick off more Americans, and get them off their butts and fighting this invasion.

16 posted on 03/25/2006 4:33:25 PM PST by Nea Wood (Is cheap, illegal labor worth one life?)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

These large crowds only says just how many illegals there are in this county!

Los Angeles is going to the illegals at this rate!


17 posted on 03/25/2006 4:33:53 PM PST by Die_Hard Conservative Lady
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To: Boston Blackie

Yes and if the LA folks are not going to stand up to it then they'd better pack their bags, it's past time...


18 posted on 03/25/2006 4:34:30 PM PST by brushcop (Mission Accomplished B-Co, 2/69 3d ID! God bless you and WELCOME HOME!)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Southern California will not be a pleasant place to live in a few more years. If I were there I'd be working on an exit strategy.


19 posted on 03/25/2006 4:36:15 PM PST by Baynative (WARNING - I forward threads from this site to members of Congress!)
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To: SUSSA

In addition PLEASE put out a flyer telling AMERICANS to call any company they deal with, lawn care services, foundation companies and tell them absolutely NO illegals are to be sent to work on your project...we did and you should see the response.

We walked out of a restaurant today but before we did we told the manager we wouldnt be back till all illegals were GONE out of the restaurant.

If you go to a hotel or motel INSIST and demand NO illegals clean your room.

We have been and will continue to do this, everyone should do it and see what happens than!

Also BOYCOTT all mexican destinations like Cozymel etc!

Let them see we will not take their demands or pushing their mexican flags in our faces or showing their fists at us. They are here ILLEGALY and if our politicians wont do anything about it than hit the companies were it hurts in their income!


20 posted on 03/25/2006 4:37:28 PM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
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To: Nea Wood
My hope and prayer is that the utter gall and complete arrogance of these people will finally tick off more Americans, and get them off their butts and fighting this invasion.

Dream on.

21 posted on 03/25/2006 4:37:42 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Die_Hard Conservative Lady

I think there are about 2 million illegals now in the US


22 posted on 03/25/2006 4:45:47 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: Lunatic Fringe

No such thing as an "illegal immigrant." Unless one is here on a temporary visa, one is either an "immigrant" who is here legally or one has broken into our country and is an "illegal alien."


23 posted on 03/25/2006 4:46:59 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Illegals held the largest rally ever in LA. Could that be because we have the largest number of illegals in LA than ever before? I think the numbers may correlate here.:)
24 posted on 03/25/2006 4:49:25 PM PST by Galveston Grl (Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Now if we could talk them into marching to Tijuana.
25 posted on 03/25/2006 4:54:31 PM PST by Fielding (Sans Dieu Rien)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Continual burning rage is not good for one's health. After a while, I get this awful urge to go out and choke a whole lot of people with my bare hands but I don't even know where to start.

I've simply got to stop reading these immigration threads or my long term health is in deep trouble...

26 posted on 03/25/2006 5:01:28 PM PST by Gritty (Invoke multicultural "sensitivity" and the wimp state will give you everything you want-Mk Steyn)
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To: bnelson44
I think there are about 2 million illegals now in the US

Multiply that figure by "10" and you'll be a lot closer - but probably still way under.

27 posted on 03/25/2006 5:02:51 PM PST by Gritty (Invoke multicultural "sensitivity" and the wimp state will give you everything you want-Mk Steyn)
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To: bnelson44
I think there are about 2 million illegals now in the US

Think again. Over 500,000 were just in L.A. alone. There have been marches all over the country. It's exponentially more.

28 posted on 03/25/2006 5:05:45 PM PST by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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Not everyone who marched was illegal. See:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603142/posts


29 posted on 03/25/2006 5:12:58 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: stopem
An illegal couldnt seak english came to our table today when we went out to eat, we all got up called the manager over and told them we were leaving and wouldnt be back till all illegals are GONE out of their restaurant,

I mean no disrespect, and I'm not trying to start a fight, but how would you know the person was illegal? I'm an old man and I can think of half a dozen people off the top of my head who are US citizens born in Poland, Russia, or Italy, who spoke little or no English until the day they died. In truth, they didn't need it. Most of their neighborhood spoke their native language, and their Churches and businesses as well.

I would think with Spanish being so prevalent these days (Para Espanol, press or say 2), it would be pretty easy for a US citizen to speak only Spanish.

30 posted on 03/25/2006 5:13:09 PM PST by old and tired (Run Swannie, run!)
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To: bnelson44

Actually, the latest count is 11 million.


31 posted on 03/25/2006 5:14:09 PM PST by McGavin999 (The US media is afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder)
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To: McGavin999

got a link?


32 posted on 03/25/2006 5:16:19 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: McGavin999

Found one:

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=83911


33 posted on 03/25/2006 5:18:29 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: bnelson44
I don't really give a crap if they are legal. They are flat out wrong.

What if I want my German or Irish cousins here? They have to come in through the front door like everyone else, not sneak in and break their laws.

Why the hell are "his people" entitled to take cuts in front of the line, from the rest of the world?

34 posted on 03/25/2006 5:24:08 PM PST by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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No dude, legal residents have to speak English to became a citizen, thats how we target them, young no English... illegal.
Older... english probably former illegal that got amnesty.
We CAN NOT offer any kind of amnesty, it causes all kinds of other side repercussions
35 posted on 03/25/2006 5:24:32 PM PST by Roverman2K
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To: Lunatic Fringe

A van full of illegals just drove in my yard and cursed at my neighbors. I guess they were just doing obnoxious behavior that Americans wont.


36 posted on 03/25/2006 5:26:12 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Boston Blackie
They will be sorry....for if they prevail and actually "take us over" they will be back in the same 'ol shit hole they came from. The mexican "ruling" class will follow, and with them come the government of mordida and bribes...by the ruling class and for the ruling class.

They will immediately make it impossible to do regular business unless you pay....and pay and pay....and the poor suckers that came here "just to work" will be out of work again...and worse, have no place to go.

The mexican people who come here are so ignorant that it is embarassing that we share the same species of homo sapiens. If they want permanent and useful work...and if they want to live a peaceful and prosperous life, they would seek legal status, learn English and become an American....

but apparently, they are ingorant enough to screw it up for everybody, themselves included.

Now I know what was going thru 'ol Sitting Bull's mind, watching all them "white eyes" coming over the hill...wondering what in the hell are we going to do with these people.....

37 posted on 03/25/2006 5:55:34 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (Islam, liberalism and abortions are terminal..)
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To: Borax Queen
No such thing as an "illegal immigrant." Unless one is here on a temporary visa, one is either an "immigrant" who is here legally or one has broken into our country and is an "illegal alien."

Please study up before making such claims. There are resident aliens that have no intention of immigrating to America. There are illegal aliens from Ireland and China. And illegal immigrants from Russia. Not all of these aliens and immigrants broke in. Many of them came legally, and then failed to comply with all of the requirements. I do not trust ICE to be competent enough to correctly execute our current laws. These were the same people that issued visas to the animals that attacked us. Weeks later. Our own government's ineptitude makes some of these illegals illegal. http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/visas.htm

38 posted on 03/25/2006 6:09:26 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: stopem

Stopped going to Mexico about 3 years ago when they and France backed Sadam instead of us before the war. St. Lucia is much nicer any way. Plus you can drink the water.


39 posted on 03/25/2006 6:13:42 PM PST by SUSSA
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To: Gritty
I've simply got to stop reading these immigration threads or my long term health is in deep trouble...

Like I've said in the past, reading these threads gives me one heck of a cardio workout.

40 posted on 03/25/2006 6:20:15 PM PST by SealSeven (Moving at the speed of dark.... Even "nothing" takes up space.)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

I've studied up plenty so cut your condescending tone. "Broke in" is a figure of speech. If you are an "immigrant" you have been approved, and are not here illegally.
Reporters and open border people love to use the word "immigrant" instead of "illegal alien."


41 posted on 03/25/2006 6:21:22 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Immigration rally in L.A. one of city's largest...

Sure it is, more proof that something has gotta be done about illegals and open borders!

42 posted on 03/25/2006 6:25:59 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Borax Queen
If you are an "immigrant" you have been approved, and are not here illegally.

Wrong. An "immigrant" that does not follow through on the requirements for citizenship within the proscribed time-frame, fails to notify of an address change, or a criminal conviction; becomes ILLEGAL. As they should. Even though they were approved from the get-go. It would appear that the Borax Queen has not met or sponsored any recent legal immigrants. And please verify that the 19th word on page 1 of your US Passport is "permit".

43 posted on 03/25/2006 6:38:28 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
That's funny - if you only knew. I only understand the old-fashioned sense of the word and not know anyone who "overstayed." At any rate, although I find it bizarre and didn't know that is how things are interpreted (I also was enlightened tonight that "immigrants" do not necessarily need to learn English), my original point was about the words in this article:

...that would build more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and make helping illegal immigrants a crime.

Saying the word "immigrants" here implies that at some point, they applied for paperwork? Not all 20 - 25 million people here illegally have/had visas or are considered "immigrants" - even by the definition you laid out, are they?

44 posted on 03/25/2006 7:08:12 PM PST by Borax Queen
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45 posted on 03/25/2006 7:28:19 PM PST by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
A van full of illegals just drove in my yard and cursed at my neighbors. I guess they were just doing obnoxious behavior that Americans wont.



After "Wilma" the tree cutting firm Asplundh was sent to our back yard by FPL to clear tree limbs from the power lines!
8 men showed up and not ONE could speak English, ages 20-40 and NOT from Florida!!
Their trucks were from out of State!!!
46 posted on 03/25/2006 7:32:25 PM PST by danamco
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To: Ladycalif; Bikers4Bush; janetgreen; dennisw; gubamyster; nomad; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; SandRat; ...

ping


47 posted on 03/25/2006 7:33:03 PM PST by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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To: Ladycalif

OK, that is just frightening.


48 posted on 03/25/2006 7:33:35 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: McGavin999

"Actually, the latest count is 11 million."

Technically that is true, but that latest count took place in 94. Can you imagine what it is now?


49 posted on 03/25/2006 7:52:07 PM PST by HonestConservative (Bless our Servicemen!)
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To: AmericaUnite

Now that's a pretty angry bunch.


50 posted on 03/25/2006 7:59:19 PM PST by Chili Girl
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