Posted on 07/10/2010 10:44:31 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
Calls to protest Arizona’s tough illegal-immigration law fell flat in Boston yesterday as barely 400 people rallied in opposition to Gov. Jan Brewer and her policy to use ID checks to arrest illegals.
Organizers had predicted the gathering would draw thousands, but less than 400 people - some of them counter-protesters - showed up for the Copley Square rally.
After the two-hour gathering, protesters marched in a downpour through Back Bay to the Sheraton Hotel, where Brewer, a Republican, attended the National Governors Association meeting.
Marchers shouted, “Brewer says get back! We say fight back!” and “Boycott Arizona!” as they slogged through the sodden streets waving signs, chanting in Spanish and English, and blasting music.
They were kept about 100 yards from the hotel.
Brewer’s spokesman did not respond to a request for comment yesterday. Governors association spokeswoman Jodi Omear said the protests did not disrupt the meeting.
Todd Domke, a Republican media strategist, said he wasn’t surprised at the low turnout, given public opinion polls in the state.
“Polls show people are against immigration, against giving benefits to illegal immigrants,” he said. “The passion is clearly more on the side of those who favor the Arizona law.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
An earlier thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2550343/posts) mentioned that the pro-illegals were busing in people. I take it that union people had better things to do on a Saturday than protest for these idiots.
Every time a union group buses in folks...they are paying for this...and it comes straight out of the money that each guy worked and sweated over. That working guy has no control over his union and the method of pay-out. That’s the sad part about this story.
>> as barely 400 people rallied in opposition
Large or small opposition turnout, the facts remain that the vast majority of Americans want the illegals to get on the legal immigration line - the back of the line.
Yep. The poor working guy has no choice. I’m sure there are many that follow the union line, but most probably cringe when they hear their so called leadership. Maybe some of the Tea Party spirit can spread to union folk.
>> That working guy has no control over his union and the method of pay-out. That’s the sad part about this story.
A union does not exist without the cooperation of its members. The “sad part” is the indignity a Conservative must endure being part of one.
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“Arizona’s tough illegal-immigration law” Isn’t tough and it isn’t new, and it isn’t an immigration law.
It isn’t Fed nor State, its state lookin out for local.
Kinda American Rab thinks.
“After the two-hour gathering, protesters marched in a downpour through Back Bay to the Sheraton Hotel”
“as they slogged through the sodden streets”
I find it funny how the article makes it sound as if low turn out was surprising, then goes on to describe storm-conditions as if it were an afterthought.
That said, most people are furious about Obama’s (and to be fair, Bush before him) failure to secure the border or even enforce the law. At least, to date, Obama hasn’t attempted amnesty like McCain probably would have, but his administration’s decision to sue Arizona can only lead to disaster for him and the democrat party alike. He isn’t even turning voters off one at a time, he’s ticking off entire handfuls.
It didn't look like 400 to me.
With one lawmaker citing President Lincoln's respect for the rule of law, the Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown this afternoon on illegal immigrants and those who would hire them, going further, senators said, than any immigration bill proposed over the past five years.
In a surprising turn of events, the legislation replaced a narrower bill that was passed Wednesday over the objections of Republicans. The measure, which passed on a 28-10 vote as an amendment to the budget, would bar the state from doing business with any company found to break federal laws barring illegal immigrant hiring. It would also toughen penalties for creating or using fake identification documents, and explicitly deny in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.
The amendment would also require the state’s public health insurance program to verify residency through the Department of Homeland Security, and would require the state to give legal residents priority for subsidized housing. Supporters, especially Republicans, struck patriotic notes and spoke of the sanctity of the law as they spoke on the Senate floor.
“It was President Lincoln -- and I’m going to paraphrase here -- who suggested that respect for the law should be preached from every pulpit taught by every mother to every child,” said Senator Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican.
Read more at http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/mass_senate_pas.html
I see the "AnswerCoalition.org" bumper sticker on the podium. Isn't that a Communist Party USA group?
“the pro-illegals were busing in people.”
Give a communist bum a sandwich and a bottle of Ripple and he’ll hop on a bus to anywhere, including hell.
“Yep. The poor working guy has no choice.”
Life is full of choices. Choosing a career, job, location which virtually requires union membership is a choice.
so true...my husband couldn’t take it.
Maybe we should offer a $1,000,000 prize to anyone who can find one scintilla of divergence between the CPUSA and the Democrats platform.
The "Congressional Progressive Caucus" must be targeted and destroyed as well their allies in the press and academia.
No holds barred, take no prisoners, name names and make these red bastards pay dearly for the consequences of nearly one hundred years of insidious and unrelenting attacks on capitalism and judeo-christian morality.
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NO president in modern history has even tried to secure the border. Explain that one.
Not a good beat, nor can you dance to it! I give it a tres en una escala de diez.
Each thinks that if ignored the illegals will vote for their party in return. Add to that the attraction of cheap labor.
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