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Activists arrested outside Royce's office
The Hill ^
| June 28, 2014
| Tim Devaney
Posted on 06/29/2014 9:42:23 AM PDT by Cheerio
Six immigration activists were arrested for protesting outside of Rep. Ed Royce's (R-Calif.) district office late Friday after they stopped traffic in the middle of a busy street near Los Angeles, according to reports.
The protest, organized by the Service Employees International Union, was one of dozens held around the country Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Senate passing a sweeping immigration bill, which would pave the way for 11 million illegal immigrants to stay in the country. But House Republicans have refused to take up similar legislation, angering many immigration activists.
In Washington, immigration activists also occupied House offices, The Hill reports. Royce, a Republican in a district where more than half of his constituents are Latino or Asian, has been the target of repeated immigration protests, sit-ins, and fasts, according to the Orange County Register.
On Friday, many of the protesters arrived on buses from outside the district.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; dems; seiu; unions
The bulk of the protestors were not Rep. Royces constituents and arrived on Chula Vista Tour buses organized by the SEIU. Our staff invited the small number of constituents among the group to sit down and further discuss their concerns on their next visit, Royce's spokesperson Saat Alety told the OC Register.
Rep. Royce has and will continue to meet with constituents that want to have a constructive debate on the immigration issue. Unfortunately, the group today appeared more interested in noise and preplanned arrests meant to garner headlines than actually sitting down to discuss the issue, Alety added.
Did Pelosi or Zero arrange these protests in order to advance their MARXIST agenda and erase the borders?
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:42:23 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
To: Cheerio
Six immigration activists were arrested for protesting [...] after they stopped traffic in the middle of a busy streetGood! Quit coddling lawbreaking agitators.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:24:52 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: Cheerio
So there are no such things as protestors anymore - they’re all now “activists” - current liberal lingo.
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posted on
06/29/2014 11:44:57 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
To: Cheerio
Why did they even bother? The administration is granting de facto immigration "reform" in the form of a tsunami of illegals flooding into the country.
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posted on
06/29/2014 11:56:02 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
To: Cheerio
sweeping immigration bill, which would pave the way for 11 million illegal immigrants to stay in the country.
Uh... Are they leaving the country? Are they being deported? NO!!! They aren't!
To: Cheerio
The protest, organized by the Service Employees International Union Since the protest involved criminal actions, the union and its participating employees should be prosecuted for conspiracy.
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posted on
06/29/2014 1:42:27 PM PDT
by
T Ruth
(Islam shall be defeated.)
To: Organic Panic
11 Million has been used for over a decade - is that a recognition that Baraq had been deporting the same number that have been coming in every year? WHAT A CROCK
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posted on
06/29/2014 3:17:37 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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