Thread: Dallas: More immigration rallies planned

More immigration rallies planned

Dallas: Today's event is first of many to protest raids, push for reform


10:45 AM CDT on Saturday, March 24, 2007
By DIANNE SOLÍS / The Dallas Morning News
dsolis@dallasnews.com

A rally for immigration reform will be at noon Saturday at Dallas City Hall.

The rally, which will also call for a halt to immigration raids, will kick off a wave of protests in the coming weeks.

Last year, in the biggest protest ever in Dallas, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets to protest federal legislation designed to crack down on illegal immigrants. A proposed bill contained language that declared that illegal immigrants would become felons; many immigration offenses are now administrative matters.

Rally organizers said they are encouraged that bills have been introduced in Congress for a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a path to legalization.

"It's important that these proposals are now back on the table," said Patricia Juárez, a rally coordinator for today's event.

Ms. Juárez belongs to Citizen Network/March 25th Alliance. The date refers to a grass-roots protest held last year by immigrant groups that drew about 2,000 people. It was followed by student walkouts from Dallas-area high schools, and then the mega-march, which drew between 350,000 to 500,000 persons.

On Wednesday, a candlelight vigil is planned at 6 p.m. at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. That vigil is meant to draw attention to the detention of families in Texas by federal immigration authorities. Protests over such detentions are growing because of increasing waves of immigration raids across the state and the nation.

On April 1, another rally is planned in front of Dallas City Hall. Among the organizers are the Dallas Peace Center, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the American Civil Liberties Union. The rally from 2 to 5 p.m. will feature workshops on immigration rights, U.S. citizenship and voter registration. This year's rallies will not include street marches.

"This year, we are going from the defense to the offense," said lawyer Domingo Garcia, an organizer of the April 1 rally and last year's mega-march.

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Go ahead let the citizens just see all of you out there demanding, all the better for us, open as many eyes as you can we need the citizens to see how many of you their are and how arrogant you are in our country!!!

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Go ahead let the citizens just see all of you out there demanding, all the better for us, open as many eyes as you can we need the citizens to see how many of you their are and how arrogant you are in our country!!!

You left out delusional, egotistical and stupid The motive of fear they hope to place in the minds of politicians who are pandering amnesty in the hopes of future votes is nothing compared to the wrath they will suffer by angering the American people. They seem to forget, we are still in charge.

Ok...so, wow their going from being on the defense to being more offensive! Does this mean they want to pick a fight with us. From what history has shown the last fight we had with Mexico...they lost and then they sold the land (they claim the U.S. stole) for $15,000,000. When they lose and sell out it means they will try to steal the whole country with the help of pigs like Kennedy.

Originally Posted by WhatMattersMost

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Go ahead let the citizens just see all of you out there demanding, all the better for us, open as many eyes as you can we need the citizens to see how many of you their are and how arrogant you are in our country!!!

You left out delusional, egotistical and stupid The motive of fear they hope to place in the minds of politicians who are pandering amnesty in the hopes of future votes is nothing compared to the wrath they will suffer by angering the American people. They seem to forget, we are still in charge.

Well Thank you, WhatMM!! That added alot to my statement, can always use alittle help!!

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Originally Posted by WhatMattersMost

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Go ahead let the citizens just see all of you out there demanding, all the better for us, open as many eyes as you can we need the citizens to see how many of you their are and how arrogant you are in our country!!!

You left out delusional, egotistical and stupid The motive of fear they hope to place in the minds of politicians who are pandering amnesty in the hopes of future votes is nothing compared to the wrath they will suffer by angering the American people. They seem to forget, we are still in charge.

Well Thank you, WhatMM!! That added alot to my statement, can always use alittle help!!

Your statement was on the money, I just wanted to keep the momentum going