Thread: Illegals will march against SAVE act on May 1st.

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Organizations alert against ant-immigrant proposal.

Jorge Moral Almada jorge.morales@laopinion.com March 17, 2008

A new law proposal that is taking force in the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. would worsen the situation of the undocumented community, alerted activists that already plan a massive mobilization for the next May 1st..

It is a matter of the initiative HR4088, called the "Secure America through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE Act)", promoted by the republican congressman of California, Brian Bilbray, and supported by the democrat of North Carolina, Heath Shuler.

"The SAVE Act is a proposal that moves quickly inside the House, it needs 218 signatures so that they can take it to a vote and already it has 140, including those of various democrats", said Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for the Human Rights of the Immigrants in Los Angeles (CHIRLA).

Salas explained that the legislative proposal hardens the laws against the undocumented and increases the detaining operations or raids.

"It is more of the same", commented the director of CHIRLA. "If the law passes, we are going to have a bigger problem than now, because it would extend the program for verification of employment, it would give more money for raids, they would arrest more people whose data does not coincide with their social security and it would offer funds so that police officers do the work of Immigration".

Recently the organization Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), launched alerts due to the strenght of the SAVE Act.

The alerts indicates that the motion would make it easier for the government to imprison humane and religious activists by helping the undocumented, somewhat similar to the proposed bill HR4437 of James Sensenbrenner, that never prospered.

"It is a horrible proposal", insisted Salas, "it is equal to that of Sensenbrenner bill and it is advancing and prompted by the anti-immigrant wing ".

She indicated that already they have mobilized to assure that no elected representative in Los Angeles, whether a republican or a democrat, will be signing in favor of that proposal.

Juan José Gutiérrez, of the latin American Movement USA, said that in the beginning of March activist of 23 states had a meeting in Washington D.C., in which they agreed to have massive mobilizations in all the country.

On the new proposal he commented: "In a moment in which Congress and the Bush Administration want to do something dramatic to sort out the immigration law system, the only ideas that they have come up with are the worst, the ones that signify more obstacles to the workers who want to achieve legalization".

Gloria Saucedo, leader of Hermandad Mexicana, said that the mobilization in Los Angeles has been called the "March of Unity", and will have two starting point, both at 2:00 in the afternoon, one at MacArthur park and another of the corner of Olympic and Broadway, to be joined at Temper and Broadway.

"When they attack us our community stands up and fights", said Saucedo, "because of that we are preparing for the May 1 March of Unity, in which the main organizations that participated in the massive marches two years ago, will participate".

ALIPAC needs to coordinate a fax and telephone rally to the House of Representatives on May 1st in support of the SAVE act.
Forward this message to every Immigration Enforcement-only groups.

Good, march in the street like a bunch of goons. It will only bring the issue into the forefront of the conversation. The last time they did this, so many people were so upset! I think the march was called ''A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN". I remember every person I talked to that day at work thought that a day without illegals was pretty good. No traffic whatsoever, NONE! I thought, wow, this is what life would be like without all the hordes of illegals running around all the time. Life would be GREAT!!

From FIRM:

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Today the Republican leadership filed their “discharge petitionâ€

Good let them march.....let them piss off even more Americans.

Leading up until May 1st, IMO, we should be emailing, writing, and calling ICE offices in the citites where marches are planned as well as DHS and our friendly politicians in DC. etc. telling them that we DEMAND enforcement actions on May 1st.

Under no circumstances should these people be permitted to mob our streets when they do not even belong here.

What a great way to advertise that we have an illegal immigrant problem. What are they going to complain about jobs? Well at that time even Americans will be complaining about jobs and fair wages and wanting to stay in america, with this reccession that is caused by them and the Bush Administration.
MARCH ON, MARCH ON, MARCH ON.

That is what we all want to see across America. Prove our point you law breakers.

Great, another May 1st march by illegals claiming they deserve to be here.


I hope they pour out by the numbers and get a lot of MSM coverage.

More Americans should be awakened to this take-over.

Good for us who don't relish illegals pouring over our borders and sucking the life out of our economy. Bring it on! It just wakes up the taxpayers.

Good! let the march. I hope they are waving their beloved Mexican Flags also. I also hope that America is paying attention and finally realizes how serious the issue of illegal immigration is in this country and how it needs to be ended!

Originally Posted by Rattler

Great, another May 1st march by illegals claiming they deserve to be here.


I hope they pour out by the numbers and get a lot of MSM coverage.

More Americans should be awakened to this take-over.

Good for us who don't relish illegals pouring over our borders and sucking the life out of our economy. Bring it on! It just wakes up the taxpayers.

Yes, indeed. Imagine how Americans who have lost their jobs will feel and vote?

Law_Enforcer - thanks for the head's up.

All - well, if it weren't for the May 1 2006 marches you probably wouldn't see me here... does that give you any idea about how these mass public displays of bravado motivate Americans to become involved...???
I imagine the same is true for many others in a similar manner as well.

If the discharge petition is passed before May 1st, think what a blow it would be to them.

Juan José Gutiérrez, of the latin American Movement USA, said that in the beginning of March activist of 23 states had a meeting in Washington D.C., in which they agreed to have massive mobilizations in all the country

Who pays for the transportation to the marches, the hotel rooms, food, etc

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt