Plenty of photos at the link. I'd guess they'll get some press coverage, unless the media thinks it anti-productive to the cause.
International ANSWER, the neo-Stalinist antiwar organization, was a major organizer for today's mass demonstration in downtown Los Angeles demanding blanket amnesty for illegal aliens.
Forget that their parents entered this country illegally. Put aside that their standard of living is significantly above what they would ever achieve in their home country where they belong. And forget that they are being born in numbers certain to bog down our already decaying institutions like public education. You aren't allowed to think about any of that. Your job is to feel ashamed because you expect your government to actually enforce the laws they have already passed for your amusement and votes. Shame on you conservatives. tsk! tsk!
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A growing number of illegal immigrants are having children in the United States and raising them in poverty, a study released on Tuesday showed.
Around 11.9 million mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants live and work in the United States, and Americans are sharply divided over what to do with them.
The survey by the Pew Hispanic Center, based in U.S. Census Bureau figures, found that the number of U.S. born children of unauthorized migrants grew to 4 million in 2008, up from 2.7 million five years earlier.
It found that a third of the children of unauthorized immigrants and a fifth of adult unauthorized immigrants live in poverty -- nearly double the poverty rate for children of U.S.-born parents.
The study found that the median household income of unauthorized immigrants was $36,000 in 2007, well below the $50,000 median household income for U.S.-born residents.
It would be interesting to watch House Speaker Pelosi try and explain this inconsistency. She wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraception for American citizens as a matter of sound economics. But she was opposed to an earlier comprehensive immigration bill because it didn't do enough for family reunification by moving illegal family members of citizens to the front of the immigration line. Why grow the size of immigrant families while limiting the size of American families, and both at taxpayer expense? Not enough workers in that vineyard she owns? Or maybe it's easier to make sense out of her positions if someone happens to not speak English?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is "not pleased" with the immigration bill now before the Senate and suggested Saturday that it needs major changes before she can support it.
... The long-awaited immigration measure, supported by President Bush and leading senators from both parties, eliminates the decades-old rule that sent the siblings and adult children of U.S. citizens and legal residents to the front of the immigration line.
Family reunification will be a prime principle in any immigration bill that comes out of the House, Pelosi promised.
"A point system for unification undermines our family values that we espouse in our country," the San Francisco congresswoman said. "I don't know why we have to compromise on reunification of families, I really don't.''
Yeah kind of what I thought. Heck no, I don't like it ... BUT ... the Mexican troops get shot at, too. Why would we have a single border patrol agent alone on a smuggling path in a remote area where the border isn't clearly marked? If we're that short on Agents, hire more. And I'd wager the Mexican troops are about every bit as afraid for their lives out there as anyone else would be. This is mismanagement on both sides and just more proof that we are not managing the Southern border in an effective manner. Yes, he identified himself - might not a smuggler say "I'm border patrol, too"?
Scioli said the agent repeatedly identified himself in English and Spanish. After four minutes the soldiers lowered their weapons and crossed back in to Mexico on foot.
The stretch of desert is frequently crossed by human and drug smugglers from Mexico, and the border line in the area is not always clearly marked, Scioli said.
A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said the incursion had been brought to the attention of the Mexican government, and appeared to be accidental.
"Our understanding is that this encounter stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the U.S.-Mexican border," Gonzalo Gallegos said.
(edited 10:32 PM) I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now. For all I know they thought they were in Mexico and found the Border Patrol Agent alone on a smuggling route. It could happen. Just getting it posted-up for you and going to go check into it myself.
Michelle has a blog report on May Day goings on among illegals. The top pic is priceless. But given the shot frame, it occurs to me the "vagina" in question may not be angry at all, perhaps it's simply hungry? Check out the little Taco Belle!
Here's the debate transcript from the other night in Austin, Tx. The question below produced some truly cringe-worthy moments and likely would have still done so had it been a Republican debate featuring McCain.
RAMOS: (SPEAKING SPANISH) Right now, there are more than 30 million people in this country who speak Spanish. (APPLAUSE) Many of them are right here. By the year 2050, there will be 120 million Hispanics in the United States. Now, is there any downside, Senator Clinton, to the United States becoming (SPEAKING SPANISH) becoming a bilingual nation? Is there a limit?
God forbid anyone stand up for America and our common language, making it official, lest they risk offending the Hispanic special interest groups. But nothing stops them from pushing their multicultural crap with loaded questions like the one above.
I cannot, for the life of me, imagine voting for any alleged American President who in reality lacks the courage to firmly stand up for what America has traditionally been - an English speaking melting pot of various cultures.
If a man or woman can be shamed into not doing that, they can't be expected to have the courage to uphold the oath of office. And it's looking like that will be America's shame in 2008.
Man, if Teddy K didn't have his hand up in this photo, I'd swear these two guys are almost twins.
Let me guess, "What's a guy have to do to get a drink around here, por favor."
The Ninth Annual LULAC National Legislative Awards Gala: Celebrating Legislative Service to the Hispanic Community took place March 1, 2006 in Washington, D.C. LULAC honored Arizona Senator John McCain, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. Anderson.
The LULAC site. But they aren't totally alone - via an unofficial Duncan Hunter website, here's Mike Huckabee basically advocating open borders at a LULAC event in 2005. Exit Question: With alleged arch-conservatives Huckabee and McCain running for the GOP nod, how is it that Teddy K. was left out? They appear to run in the same circles and receive awards from the same crowds?
“I would hope that no matter who we are, or where we are from, that America should always be a place that opens its arms, opens it heart, opens its spirit to people who come because they want the best for their families …,” Huckabee said as the largely Hispanic audience gave him a standing ovation.
“Pretty soon, Southern white guys like me may be in the minority,” Huckabee said jokingly as the crowd roared in laughter.
Huckabee was the keynote speaker, along with Tyson Foods Inc. Chairman and CEO John Tyson, at a noon luncheon of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is holding its 76th annual convention in Little Rock.
About 10,000 political, community and business leaders, along with exhibitors and speakers are in Little Rock attending the convention at the Statehouse Convention Center. The convention started Monday and runs through Saturday.
Although he never actually talked about the U.S. or Arkansas immigration policy, Huckabee made it very clear where he stood on the issue. In his opening remarks, he said the nation will need to address the concerns of the Hispanic community because of its growing influence and population base.
A serial rapist, twice deported for drug related arrests, has been arrested in multiple rapes of teenage girls amounting to 25 felony charges. He cried in court. That and a jail house conversion would have gotten him halfway to a Huckabee pardon in Arkansas. But it's okay. He was a hard worker and good family man doing jobs Americans wouldn't do, like construction.
Police arrested Batiz Aceves on Friday morning and discovered in less than 24 hours from DNA test results that he is a match for a serial rapist who has been stalking and raping young girls in Chandler for nearly two years, police announced Saturday.
Batiz Aceves, 39, originally from a town in Sinaloa, Mexico, began living in the United States illegally in 1988 and lived in Sacramento for nearly 16 years, where he worked for a construction company, computer records show.
It isn't enough that our students are lagging behind in Math and Science on a Global scale. Or that, in some cases, services including schools and hospitals are being stressed by illegal immigration. Nah! Not to worry, after all, it's just what we should be teaching citizens on the public dime.
Try it legally, Erica Vieyra told her 40 senior Spanish students at Olentangy Liberty High School. Fill out the correct documents, follow the proper steps. And then, after they spent days completing the actual paperwork from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, she took out her red ink pad and stamped a big, fat DENIED across every request.
Now, she told the students, come illegally. Forge your documents, find a way across the border. Then, research real ads and find a place to live in Columbus. Figure out what it would cost, how to get food. Plan how to survive.
Is your heart breaking, yet? Imagine those kids struggling, before going home to Mom and Dad at night. See, now they really understand the issue. What a wonderful application waste of tax dollars.
"I can't begin to fathom how they can survive here," said Yana Lyon, 17. "Everywhere you turn if you try to become legal or help yourself, there's a roadblock."
For her project, Yana assumed the identity of 28-year-old single mother Margarita Sola, a barmaid in Tijuana, Mexico. Yana had Margarita stay at a Columbus Knights Inn until she found a $7.50-an-hour job at Chipotle. Eventually, she rented a Town Street apartment for $320 a month because it was close to a bus stop. She quickly found a man to marry to gain legal residency.
"These kids will become our leaders, maybe even the people who make the laws," she said. "At the very least, they'll certainly be the people who vote on them. Shouldn't they learn something about it all now?"
Are you surprised? Michelle has details.
