News:
A nationwide boycott, intended to illustrate the integral role that undocumented workers play in the U.S. economy, is underway today. Plans for the day vary; while some are set to skip school or work, others will only protest on their lunch breaks. Employer reaction is divided as well, and though some businesses are closed for the day, workers elsewhere who plan to take part in the demonstration fear they may not be have jobs to return to. Some reports suggest that division in the ranks of immigrant rights’ advocates may weaken the strength of today’s protests, though past demonstrations have consistently surpassed even organizers’ expectations.
For those that think only undocumented participated in Boy Cott
Just wanted to remind everyone that the government by trying to criminalize the undocumented immigrants and really found a way to polarize and distract everyone from the real issues like taking us to Iraq instead of finding Osama Bin Ladin; also their new goal of starting a new war in Iran...No real plan to decrease gas prices. Their wish of continuing thier dream of making sure the middle class disappears by making sure the poor get poorer and the rich get richer by making sure the Oil Companies and other big buisnesses keep getting more by either taking jobs out of this country and/or allowing big oil companies continue to keep more of our money when we pump as profits along with all types of tax breaks.
So why am I saying this? I was born here in the U.S. and usually get stopped by cops for (DWB) "Driving While Brown." This criminalization only fuels the racism and racial profiling of U.S. born Immigrant Americans. As a health provider I would probably be stopped even more and penalized if I provided services to the undocumented if this law goes through. Alot of people that did came did do it legally through amnesties and other type of immigration programs however currently if the immigrants do not have a sponsor, there is no "line to apply for legal immigration" for Latino Americans to get in back this is why both Illegal and American Born immigrants have joined to do this boycott. To remind America that our people are the back bone of this country. Our people do the jobs no american would ever want to do even if they got paid to do it.
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By lizzy_de_sdMay 1, 2006 - 4:50pm