Thread: FL:Immigration activists to protest against CNN's Dobbs

By MAURA POSSLEY
mpossley@bradenton.com


SARASOTA --New College immigration activists plan to protest a Saturday appearance by CNN's Lou Dobbs at the city's reading festival.

Dobbs, in town to promote his new book, has become an outspoken voice in the national immigration debate.

Activists say his reporting is biased and incorrect when it comes to illegal immigrants living in the United States.

"Lou Dobbs has been one of the instrumental factors in the propagation of hate and lies against immigrants," said Jose Manuel Godinez Samperio, an organizer and New College student. "We don't want him in the community."

The protest will act as a way to speak with residents about the controversial issue, to "get them more involved and educated on what's going on."

"He's not welcome in our community because his reporting pretty much boils down to hate speech," said Adam Roca, a New College alum.

Protestors would be holding signs and passing out information at 1:30 p.m. on Pineapple Avenue in downtown Sarasota.

Dobbs was set to kick off the festival at 2 p.m., as part of a book tour promoting "Independents Day," according to Sarasota News & Books.

On Spanish radio stations and in Spanish-language newspapers, the rally has been advertised in hopes of putting "their side of the story," out into the public, Samperio said.

Dobbs served as a loud opponent of immigration reform and what to do with the illegal immigrant population across the country, including, Samperio and Roca said, his comments linking the rise in illegal immigrants in the United States to an increased number of leprosy cases.

They say they want to educate the public.

"The things he says are pretty representative of the anti-immigration movement," Samperio said. "The law isn't that you have to be scared all the time and people have to oppress you."

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The only thing biased and incorrect is what those protesters are pushing on the American public... I will never understand why they are allowed to be at any news event other then their own deportation hearings!!!

Funny I never knew there was a anti-immigration movement!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrr. I'm forwarding this our are Tampa Bay area NumbersUSA members. We have a large group email list and I'm sure they'll have comments for that article. =)

Florida is getting worse by the day.......... I can't stand Martinez !!!

Illegal immigration cost to FL taxpayers per year:
1994: $884 million
2005: $1,820 million
projections for 2010: $3094 million

Dan here, I am a Tampa Bay area Numbers USA member.
First I want to give a BIG THANKS for the heads up on this article…
I will post a comment over at Bradenton.
It’s funny (or maybe not) I am sitting here at home watching Verizon’s crew of illegal immigrants installing fiber optic cable.

Oh, so you want to know how I know they are illegal?
My wife is of Spanish decent (her family came here legally in the early 1900’s), she walked down to the street to check the mail box and some of the work crew started speaking to her in Spanish.
My wife, bless her heart, does not speak Spanish… She cannot even count to three.
Anyway, she asked me to go see what they wanted.

I walked down to see what they wanted…
I can speak very little Spanish.
Me, I am Irish and my family came here in 1908 thru Ellis Island. I learned some Spanish in high school.

Well long story short, they are looking for a house to rent because they do not have drivers license being here illegally and all. They do not want to get caught driving to this area for work.

Here is one for you…
They even have a Mexican food truck (the kind that serves construction sites) come down the street and feed everyone out on our front lawn. It does not even have license plates on it.

I called the local sheriff’s office and they said they will look in to it but there isn’t much they could do.
Maybe someday the local sheriff’s office will enforce our laws but it will not be today.

Dan
Numbers USA Member

Welcome Chrispy_Cracker. Such stories are always an eye-opener and interesting.

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