TX Protesters in Fort Worth, elsewhere speak out against possible amnesty legisl
Posted on Monday, November 16 @ 22:49:34 EST
Topic: Illegal Immigration News in the US
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 FORT Worth
— Carrying signs that said, "A nation without borders is not a nation,"
and "Legal. Si! Illegal. No!" about three dozen North Texans attended a
protest against amnesty and illegal immigration at the Tarrant County
Courthouse on Saturday.
The protest, sponsored by Americans for Legal Immigration, was
designed to help people understand that amnesty legislation for illegal
immigrants could be filed in the next year, local organizer Jane
Patterson said.
"You, and only you, can stop this amnesty with your voice and your
vote," Patterson told a crowd of 34 people, encouraging them to contact
their state legislators and U.S. congressional representatives to voice
their opposition to any amnesty legislation. U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez,
D-Ill., may file a bill soon that would overhaul immigration laws and
possibly create a temporary worker program.
Subjects: illegal immigration, illegal aliens, protest, Luis Gutierrez, amnesty, Democrats, path to citizenship, legalization, temporary worker
Andrea Ahles
Nov. 14, 2009
Star-Telegram
More than 50 rallies against illegal immigration were held across the country Saturday including one in Austin.
The signs in Fort Worth attracted the occasional honk of support and at least one instance of someone yelling from their truck, "I’m illegal!"
Grand Prairie resident Julio Rodriguez was on his way to a tailgate
party at Texas Christian University when he saw the protesters and
decided to pull over on Weatherford Street to talk to some of them.
"I always like to see because mostly it stems from ignorance," said
Rodriguez, an English as a second language teacher. "My viewpoint is
this country is made of immigrants. The first ESL programs were for
Italian and Polish immigrants."
Protester Cheryl Sperier, who spoke with Rodriguez, said the U.S. has the right to filter who comes in to the country.
"When you lose control of your borders, you lose control of your country," said Sperier, a Frisco resident.
Several protesters said they were concerned that illegal immigrants
would receive taxpayer-funded healthcare under legislation being
considered in Congress. They also said that an amnesty program would be
unfair to legal immigrants who, in some cases, have been waiting for
years to enter the U.S.
"As an immigrant myself that had to go through the ropes and learn
the history of this country and apply for citizenship and become a
citizen, I really resent people coming and taking jobs from fellow
Americans and likewise businesses giving them those jobs," said Plano
resident Q Coleman, who immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba in 1961.
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