Thread: Georgia's Hispanic leaders changing tactics

Georgia's Hispanic leaders changing tactics

By MARY LOU PICKEL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 09/12/07
Georgia's Hispanic leaders came courting with flowers in red, white and blue for key politicians Wednesday.

The floral-scented "Labor of Love" campaign represents a change in tactics for immigrant advocates who last year organized protest marches and boycotts for comprehensive immigration reform.

"We are your gardeners, your nannies, your neighbors," said Adelina Nicholls, executive director of the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights. "We are also Georgians."

Atlanta's former Mexican consul general, Teodoro Maus, said at a press conference near the Capitol that the group is eager to change the negative impression of Hispanic immigrants fostered by conservative talk radio.

"We knock on the doors of friendship to ask you to get to know us," Maus said, "and not fall prey to misinformation loaded with fear and hatred."

At the same time, across the street, Gov. Sonny Perdue hosted a press conference for Chinese businessmen building a plant in Fayette County. It had a larger audience. Perdue was not present to receive his flowers when the Hispanic group went to his office.

Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss were on the list for the large arrangements of red roses, blue delphinium and white stock. The two Republicans carried water on the president's immigration reform bill this summer and then voted against it after being booed at a Republican convention in Gwinnett. Immigrant groups generally favored the bill.

Absent from the gift list was State Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) who spearheaded one of the state's toughest anti-illegal immigration bills.

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"We are your gardeners, your nannies, your neighbors,"

Not mine, and never will be. I want NOTHING to do with ILLEGAL ALIENS. They are trashing America from coast to coast.

They did not knock on any doors they snuck in and won't leave. Whatever happens is their own fault.

Sounds like wolves in sheeps clothing to me...I wish they would change their tactics right out of our state

Funny they didn't mention they are also the Latin Kings MS-13 and the many other gangs sneaking into our country!

Originally Posted by CitizenJustice

"We are your gardeners, your nannies, your neighbors,"

Not mine, and never will be. I want NOTHING to do with ILLEGAL ALIENS. They are trashing America from coast to coast.

Amen to that!

The residents of Georgia are FED UP.

Everyone is talking about it openly, even in the workplace. No one is holding back on their thoughts about this in Georgia and I believe that Senator Chambliss who is up for re-election in 2008 knows this LOUD and CLEAR.

Thanks for the flowers, now get out of my country!

Atlanta's former Mexican consul general, Teodoro Maus, said at a press conference near the Capitol that the group is eager to change the negative impression of Hispanic immigrants fostered

There is no "negative impression" of hispanic immigrants. But there WILL ALWAYS BE A NEGATIVE IMPRESSION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.