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Immigrants rally, counterprotesters react, and Al Jazeera takes it all in
The Village Voice ^ | December 18th, 2007 | Maria Luisa Tucker

Posted on 12/19/2007 8:21:27 PM PST by Reaganite1984

Several members of anti-immigrant groups like NY I.C.E., New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement, arrived to counter the candlelight vigil, saying they represent the "silent majority" of Americans who want illegal immigrants to go home.

A group of six men and one woman—some in camouflage ponchos— gathered Thursday night outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center on Varick Street. Despite the freezing rain, they smiled as they carried several American flags and got their whistles ready for action. They are among the city's few but vocal anti-immigration activists, and they were giddy at the opportunity to disrupt a pro-immigrant candlelight vigil that was about to begin. Just a few feet down the sidewalk, priests, rabbis, and sheikhs passed out candles to their flock of about 50 immigrants, advocates, and faithful. Then, when all the candles were lit, the show began...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ice; illegalaliens; protest; villagevoice
The man may be gonee, but the spirit of Norman Mailer's moral vacuity lives on.
1 posted on 12/19/2007 8:21:29 PM PST by Reaganite1984
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To: La Enchiladita
NY ICE ping!
2 posted on 12/19/2007 8:27:47 PM PST by Reaganite1984
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To: AuntB

Real ICE ping.


3 posted on 12/19/2007 9:01:18 PM PST by Reaganite1984
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To: Reaganite1984
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4 posted on 12/20/2007 10:47:35 AM PST by La Enchiladita (This, This is Christ the King, The Babe the Son of Mary)
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To: La Enchiladita

5 posted on 12/20/2007 11:09:41 AM PST by Reaganite1984
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