Thread: Tucson rally draws 3,000 critical of Arizona immigration law

Tucson rally draws 3,000 critical of Arizona immigration law

Andrea Kelly Arizona Daily Star
May 1, 2010 10:58 am

Some 3,000 marchers made their way from South Tucson to downtown's Armory Park this morning for a May First rally.

The crowd filled the width of South Sixth Avenue and the procession stretched several blocks. Dozens of other people were waiting along the sidewalks waiting to join the march.

Several carried signs critical of Arizona's new immigration law and many shouted, "SÃ* se puede," a familiar chant among immigrant rights supporters which loosely translates to "It can be done."

Many of the signs targeted Gov. Jan Brewer, one reading "Stop the furor." One person dressed like Brewer was surrounded by dancers wearing shirts that read ICE, a reference to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They danced to the 1990 Vanilla Ice rap song, "Ice Ice Baby," and occasionally ran into the crowd asking for ID while the Brewer character pulled her pants down to show pink underwear with the name of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on them.

Some signs supported a boycott of Arizona and replaced the letter z with the Nazi swastika.

The linking of Brewer to a Nazi was also seen in a march in Dallas. There, about a dozen people were carrying signs depicting Brewer as a Nazi and Arpaio as a Klansman.

The Texas signs showed Brewer in a Nazi uniform with her arm extended in a Nazi salute. Arpaio, who has developed a national reputation for his tough illegal immigration stance, was depicted wearing a white hood and holding a noose.

Organizers of the Dallas march, which was expected to draw up to 100,000 people, were asking sign holders to discard the placards.

Meanwhile, about 30 people from the group Arizonans For Immigration Control stood in the street near the Tucson Children's Museum to show their support of new law and Brewer. There were half as many there for the counter protest by the time the marchers arrived at the park shortly after 11 a.m.

Several police officers were visible along the march as well as around Armory Park.

The May First Coalition march and rally is one of several similar events planned across the country. Organizers said this week the hoped the national attention focused on Arizona's passage of a tough immigration law swelled the number of participants.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-an ... 03286.html

A whole 3000? That doesn't seem like a lot, considering it's a weekend, people aren't working.

I think all over the events were not nearly as big as "billed" by the MSM.

The CA rally was probably the largest and it looks like it was even 20K or more less than anticpated.

I think with all the polls (at least all of the polls I have seen from CBS, Rasmussen, and local radio and TV shows and news outlets) showing that the majority of Americans are fed up and want the AZ law in their state - many thought ICE might show up at the rally too!

I certainly hope so!

I hope many states pass a bill like AZ and I hope more states pass the same E-Verify bill that AZ has - they have the toughest laws in the land, and every state should jump on board!

On a Thursday afternoon the Tea Party had around 2,000 in Tucson, which I'm sure the vast majority were adults, unlike amnesty seekers.

Dixie

Originally Posted by cjbl2929

. . . many thought ICE might show up at the rally too!
I certainly hope so!

That will never happen because then I.C.E. would be accused of violating their rights to free speech and their rights to assemble . . .

So, let's see...in a city where the current population is at around 486,669 residents and 3,000 show up to protest the new law..which is more than likely an exaggerated number leaning toward the plus side...that leaves about 483,669 residents of Tucson that are fine with the law or really don't care one way or another about what happens. But if we look at it as the others that didn't show felt they had nothing to protest about and are fine with the way things are, then that would mean 483,669 residents are in favor of the new bill and 3,000 are still wanting to play cat and mouse with Sheriff Arpaio and trying to win sympathy...I don't think it's working, so they just need to go back home and do some protesting there.

Buh-bye illegals!! And oh, by the way...when you get back to Mexico, be sure and tell them they should BOYCOTT California too. Thank you!