Monday - April 10, 2006

Breaking The Law

What part of “ILLEGAL” do people not understand? America is a nation of laws and equal justice under those laws - at least that’s what we strive for in the land of the free and the home of the brave. You want to come to America? Fine. Pack up your gear, drag your butt over here, apply for an entry visa, get a job and contribute to our society, pay your taxes, learn about America, pass a few tests after a few years and you’re officially an American citizen. It’s that simple.

It’s the same process that millions before you went through, including my great-grandfather back in 1847. I was fortunate enough to be born here and I love my country. I welcome anyone who wants to come to America and join me - but there is a right way and an ILLEGAL way. If you choose the right way, then you and I can be buddies and I’ll buy you a beer. If you choose the ILLEGAL way then you need to be shipped out or locked up.

Here’s the way I see it - by choosing to come here illegally, you have chosen to flout our laws and you demonstrate a complete disregard for the rules that 300 million Americans live by. That is a sign of disrespect for me and my country and I don’t like it one bit. In fact, I will not tolerate it in any way, shape or form. By all estimates, there are approximately 11 million lawbreakers right now in this country and today they and their friends will be marching and protesting to protect their rights.

Do you want to know what rights an ILLEGAL immigrant has? He or she has the right to go back where they came from and stay out of America until they learn to respect the law. That’s it. There are no other rights. None. Ningunos. Niets. Aucun. Keine. κανένας. Nessun. どれも. 아무도. никакие. 无. Got that?

Thousands Rally for Immigrants Across U.S.
_{Apr 10, 1:23 AM (ET)}

DALLAS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people banged drums, waved U.S. flags and marched in a protest Sunday urging federal lawmakers to pass immigration reform that would legalize an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. Shouting “Si Se Puede!” - Spanish for “Yes, we can!” - the marchers crammed into the downtown streets. They included families pushing strollers with their children and ice cream vendors who placed American flags on their carts. Many wore white clothing to symbolize peace.

Police estimated the crowd at 350,000 to 500,000. There were no reports of violence. It was among several demonstrations that drew thousands of protesters Sunday in New Mexico, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Alabama, Utah, Oregon, Idaho and California. “If we don’t protest they’ll never hear us,” said Oscar Cruz, 23, a construction worker who marched among the estimated 50,000 in San Diego. Cruz, who came illegally to the U.S. in 2003, said he had feared a crackdown but felt emboldened by the large marches across the country in recent weeks.

In Birmingham, Ala., demonstrators marched along the same streets where civil rights activists clashed with police in the 1960s and rallied at a park where a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. stands as a reminder of the fight for equal rights and the violence that once plagued the city. “We’ve got to get back in touch with the Statue of Liberty,” said the Rev. Lawton Higgs, a United Methodist pastor and activist. “We’ve got to get back in touch with the civil rights movement, because that’s what this is about.”

Organizers in St. Paul, Minn., were surprised by the crowd - police estimated 30,000 - calling for change at a rally at the state Capitol. The rallies also drew counter-demonstrators. In Salt Lake City, Jerry Owens, 59, a Navy veteran from Midway wearing a blue Minuteman T-shirt and camouflage pants, held a yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag. “I think it’s real sad because these people are really saying it’s OK to be illegal aliens,” Owens said. “What Americans are saying is ‘Yes, come here. But come here legally.’ And I think that’s the big problem.”

Sunday’s demonstrations come ahead of nationwide protests set for Monday, a signal that what began as a string of disparate events - attracting tens and even hundreds of thousands of people - has become more coordinated.

- More on this story here ...

- The website of the organizers of April 10 protest

Posted by The Skipper     on 04/10/2006 at 05:20 AM   
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