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    Candlelight vigil held at Governor Jan Brewer's home to prot

    Candlelight vigil held at Governor Jan Brewer's home to protest tough immigration bill

    by Eddi Trevizo - Apr. 18, 2010 09:55 PM
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    Nearly 30 people gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of Gov. Jan Brewer's Glendale home Sunday night in a bid to convince her to veto Senate Bill 1070.

    Protesters held signs, linked arms for prayers and sang "This Land Is Your Land" to protest the bill they say could increase racial profiling in Arizona.


    "This is something that (if passed) affects the entire community and anybody with brown skin," said protestor Alejandra Gomez, a Phoenix resident.

    The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1070 on April 13. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill Monday. A 24-hour vigil is expected to kick off at 7 a.m. Monday at the State Capitol. If passed, Brewer would have five days to sign, veto or leave the bill alone and allow it to become law.

    Some provisions of Senate Bill 1070 include:

    • Requires law enforcement to make a reasonable attempt "when practicable" to determine the immigration status of a person if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. illegally.

    • Makes it a crime to conceal, harbor or shield an illegal immigrant if the person knows or recklessly disregards the immigrant's legal status. Allows legal defense for someone providing emergency, public-safety or public-health services to illegal immigrants.

    • Makes it a state crime to be an illegal immigrant, by creating a state charge of "willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document."

    • Make it a crime for illegal immigrants to work or solicit work in Arizona.

    "The bill would criminalize people because they aren't registered . . . they aren't committing crimes," said Gomez.

    Angel Chalin, who has lived in Arizona for 17 years, said he is unemployed because of his unregistered status.

    "I want to provide for my family. I want to be able to pay for my house, but I can't get a job because I don't have papers," Chalin told the group of protestors.

    "I'm an illegal Guatemalan; I want a chance for hope and to be free like everybody else," he said.

    Paul Senseman, a spokesman for Brewer, declined to confirm whether the governor was inside her home during the vigil, but said her office has received thousands of calls from supporters and opponents of Senate Bill 1070.

    Senseman said Brewer will not offer comment on a bill that hasn't reached her desk.

    "If you look back, (the governor) has a consistent track record of supporting reasonable illegal-immigration enforcement," he said.

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    Contact information for Gov. Brewer:

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    We should all call Gov Brewer's office and request she sign the bill, even if we don't live in Arizona. Because surely three-fourths of the people calling her office to demand she veto the bill are illegal aliens. So if her office is considering the wishes of foreign nationals who aren't in this country legally, then they definitely should listen to those of us who are U.S. citizens, even if we don't live in Arizona.

    I know its not Gov Brewer's fault if illegals call her office, they're not going to identify themselves as illegal. But her office has to know that many of them are, just like these illegals quoted in this article having the candlelight vigil. They are illegal, though obviously they don't have any qualms about openly admitting it. Hopefully this new law in Arizona will help change that.
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    Angel Chalin, who has lived in Arizona for 17 years, said he is unemployed because of his unregistered status.

    "I want to provide for my family. I want to be able to pay for my house, but I can't get a job because I don't have papers," Chalin told the group of protestors.

    "I'm an illegal Guatemalan; I want a chance for hope and to be free like everybody else," he said.
    Seventeen years this man has lived illegally in Arizona!! 17 years -- outrageous!

    He says he is unemployed just because he's illegal...? Ya right. Illegals just can't find employment in this coiuntry. If he IS unemployed, then what is he living on? What kind of welfare? Anchor baby welfare?

    He wants a chance for hope (and change?) and to be free? Well then by all means, we'll have to just let anyone in the world from anywhere in the world come on in. Should we have ANY limit to the number who come pouring in? -- A hundred million? Five hundred million? Heck, why not a billion people? It should just be an automatic natural human right to be an American citizen, just because ya wanna.
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    Protesters held signs, linked arms for prayers and sang "This Land Is Your Land" to protest the bill they say could increase racial profiling in Arizona.
    So they sang "This Land Is Your Land" huh. I find their choice of "Patriotic" songs very interesting. And telling. A little Reconquista music?, with a little "Can't we all just get along" theme to it?

    This land is your land,
    this land is my land,
    from California, to the New York islands.....

    This country is everybody's country. How generous of them.
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    I hope the governor signs this one into law. As does every other border state along the southern border and the northern borders too.

    Build the dog-gone fence like they have in San Diego with the road down the middle of the double barrier, and get things on a proper footing again.

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    I sent an email. It was quick and easy.

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    Hylander wrote:

    Build the dog-gone fence like they have in San Diego with the road down the middle of the double barrier, and get things on a proper footing again.
    I agree. While a 'quality' border fence isn't a cure-all for our illegal alien problem, it's a great place to start. First and foremost, we must secure our borders! The current status of our so-called border security is pathetic. What we have now is nothing more than a revolving door where illegals can come and go as they please with impunity. It just doesn't make any sense, especially considering the fact that more illegals enter than are being deported.

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    The Governor was elected by American Citizens for our mutual benefit and protection, that is the only reason this office exists in the first place. Obviously these protesters hate our immigration laws because they hate Americans and our country.
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    These parasites should have been arrested for going to her house. This issue is not personal, it is LAW.

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