Omaha demonstrators urge Congress to seal border

Omaha world herald ^ | 7-9-2006 | Rick Ruggles

[stan_sipple]

Protesters against illegal immigration stated their case Saturday on west Omaha streets. Organizer Tim Narducci estimated that 175 people gathered in the vicinity of 114th and Davenport Streets for a two-hour demonstration. Narducci said there were no incidents or problems in this, the third such protest. The group's primary message encourages Congress to seal the Mexico-United States border with a fence or wall and more manpower. Congress currently is struggling to determine what to do about the millions of people who are in this country illegally. The Senate has passed a bill requiring stiffer border security and an opportunity for some immigrants to gain legal status. The House's bill favors border security coupled with tougher workplace enforcement. Narducci said the Omaha protesters prefer the House's proposal. The protest Saturday was near the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a Republican who co-sponsored the Senate immigration proposal. Marcelene Lewis, who participated in the protest, said many people honked their car horns in approval, and some made obscene gestures. She said she hoped whatever Congress does is more effective than the 1986 amnesty, which gave legal status to about 3 million undocumented immigrants and put in place sanctions against employers. Lewis said she hoped the protesters' message was getting through to politicians. Narducci said another demonstration is scheduled July 22 at the same spot as Saturday's demonstration

[stan_sipple]

Come on back Jul 22 to keep the heat on Senator "New York, New York" Hagel

[DumpsterDiver]

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[Concho]

Build the fence-Stop the flow-then deal with the aliens.

[gubamyster]

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[cripplecreek]

And how many times has the OBL said this issue will just fade away?

[B4Ranch]

I'm wondering how the fools who kept saying it would never become an election issue are feeling now that it is solidly one of the top three issues.

[AppleButter]

And how many times has the OBL said this issue will just fade away?

They're just whistling past the graveyard. The backlash has only just started. Immigration is going to be THE social issue of the next 10 years.

[stan_sipple]

You mean several feel good stories about hard working illegals coming to the US to do work we wont do hasnt had the effect the Pravda of the plains wanted?

[ZULU]

"Protesters against illegal immigration stated their case Saturday on west Omaha streets."

Not good enough.

Remember Ukraine's "Orange Revolution"??

We need THAT in Washington, D.C. - on the FIRST day Congress opens for the fall and for weeks afterwards until those greedy, self-serving twits who work for US get the message. "No amnesty and no illegal invaders!!"

[TheLion]

Here is a good reason for a "million person march"!

[hedgetrimmer]

Remember that we have a right to petition the government. Marches are not really the answer. Petition the government, that means groups of us need to go to our elected representative's offices and meet them face to face. They need to be personally acquainted with us, we cannot be just a mass of bodies trying to make a 'statement'. When you have met with your legislators and they still do not respond, you vote them out of office. You participate in your party so that no more RINOs and OBLS are given your hard earned dollars to run for office. Take control of your government, like the leftists and transnationalists have. Participate, run and hold office. Rebuild our institutions with loyal American citizens and that means the universities and schools,libraries, the service organizations and other clubs. Its the only way we will save our country.

[ZULU]

There is much sense in what you say.

Its NOT enough to just vote in general elections or even in primaries. Becoming active and PERSONALLY supporting people who agree with you with your TIME and MONEY is important.

I also agree with your advise about personally meeting with representatives on issues.

These are ALL useful tools.

But mass demonstrations ALSO work. They worked for Martin Luther King, for the Ukrainians, for Gandhi, and for others.

By utilizing ALL these tools to threaten the sinecures occupied by these blood-sucking political parasites, you CAN move them to make them see your viewpoint and support it.

AND - if you can't - the alternatives of opposing them in general elections and primaries still exists.

However, take it from somebody who personally knows - the power of the incumbency is a great one.

The reason these useless fops are returned to office again and again, ESPECIALLY in the Senate, is because they have mastered the ability to employ the assets of their office to dispense favors to individual constituents with personal problems - securing their gratitude, and the ability to generate legislation favorable to moneyed interests which support them.

The very recent idiocy in the Senate House where they just voted NOT to fund a wall they voted to construct is a perfect example of the duplicity of these career politicians.

They will bid their time, wait until the public outrage over illegal invaders has diminished and then make their move. The public may have a short attention span, but these parasites and those who support them do not.