Posted on 06/14/2007 6:52:35 AM PDT by BornInASmallTown
"There was a lot of frustration that politics got in the way of sound, necessary public policy," said Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, a statewide organization whose 4,000 members are calling their senators seeking reforms. "The time is now. They need to act. They have to." A caravan departed Wednesday from Los Angeles after a prayer from Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony, a longtime supporter of immigrant rights. Renan "El Cucuy" Almendarez Coello, a popular Spanish-language radio host, also was on hand to send off the "Dreams Across America" caravan. "We have all come for the American Dream," Coello said. "Go for it!"
On Sunday, a separate Washington-bound caravan led by Eduardo "Piolin" Sotelo, host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Piolin por la Manana," left Los Angeles and is picking up immigrants along the way who are eager to tell their stories to legislators.
In the spring of 2006, Sotelo and Coello used their popularity to rally hundreds of thousands of people to march for reform in California and across the nation. Now Sotelo is collecting letters asking for a path to citizenship for the country's approximately 12 million illegal immigrants. He's broadcasting his appeal from cities along the way, and expects to have about 1 million letters by the time he gets to Washington today. "If someone's already proved they're working hard for this great nation and for his family, and he's proved he's a good human being, why not live legally here in this country?" Sotelo said. "We're waiting for a positive answer from our senators." Immigrants whose families were separated during immigration raids are hanging all their hopes on the possibility of comprehensive reform.
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They have a rally in Washington on June 20. How I wish they could be met with 250,000 “Security First” signs on the Mall. I don’t even now how to begin to make that happen.
What in God’s name is happening to my beloved Catholic Church? I feel awful giving any donations now, more than ever. :-(
They’re making the Immigration Bill sound like poor, drowned Tinkerbell. Are you against Tinkerbell?? Clap if you want her to live!!
“Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials”
As long as we have racist groups like this in America, where your membership is dependent on your ethnicity, there will be ongoing social strife. What’s funny is that generally it is the people in these racist groups who accuse others, who don’t form such groups, of being racists.
Where’s the ‘barf alert’?
I hear you...I can only imagine how the media would treat a group called “Georgia Association of Caucasian Elected Officials.”
In 2007 we are still faced with the paradigm of racism flowing in one direction, and one direction only...from Caucasians toward everyone else. The recent Imus controversy made that pretty clear as the “hip hop community” defended its right to use the same words that cost Imus his job because THEY use those words to “tell a story.”
How I wish they could be met with 250,000 ICE, Fed. agents and Border Patrol.
I'm just interested in how they'll act when they meet with practically anyone who disagrees with them in public.
“Are you against Tinkerbell?? Clap if you want her to live!!”
Tom Tancredo shot Bambi’s mother, then made a fur hat out of Thumper.
Que lastima—that dirty, gringo guerro! Not many people know this. Pass it on . . .
Oh, I'm sure they will act with the class they always have. Watch out for that middle finger salute and switchblades.
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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