What does it say about a government that finances, through US taxpayer funded grants, harassment of public officials by illegal foreign nationals?
IMMIGRATION: Inland demonstrations part of national event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 BY DAVID OLSON

Rep. Gary Miller

A demonstration Monday in front of the Rancho Cucamonga office of Republican Rep. Gary Miller is part of the run-up to a nationwide series of rallies to urge a congressional vote on immigration reform.

A number of organizations supporting a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants are planning a “National Day of Dignity and Respect” on Oct. 5.

Inland rallies are scheduled that day for downtown Riverside, downtown San Bernardino, Coachella and Apple Valley.

The culmination will be an Oct. 8 rally and march in Washington D.C.
The rallies come as comprehensive immigration reform has stalled in the House of Representatives. In June, the Senate passed a bill with a path to citizenship and increased border security.

But many Republicans in the House oppose a path to citizenship and say the border security provisions don’t go far enough. House Speaker John Boehner said he favors a piecemeal approach to immigration-law changes rather than a comprehensive bill. Boehner also said he would not bring a bill for a vote unless it had the support of most House Republicans – making approval of a path to citizenship unlikely.

The rallies on Saturday are designed to push the House to act and Boehner to allow a vote on a comprehensive immigration bill.

The Monday demonstrations at the offices of Miller, Rep. Ed Royce, R-Fullerton, and Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, complement the Saturday rallies, said Martha Figueroa, spokeswoman for the California Table for Immigration Reform, a coalition of groups.

“We want to continue to put pressure on Congressmen Miller, McKeon and Royce,” she said.

Miller has been lobbied intensely by people on both sides of issue, and the demonstration is only the latest in a series of rallies in front of his district office.
Miller was long a congressional leader in opposing immigration reform that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. He is now reassessing his position as he prepares to run for re-election in a half-Latino district that voted for President Barack Obama by 16 percentage points in 2012.
His office has been saying for months that Miller is gathering information before deciding whether to support a path to citizenship or other immigration-reform proposals.

Groups that oppose a path to citizenship, such as NumbersUSA, have not held as many demonstrations, focusing primarily on sending hundreds of thousands of constituent emails and faxes to congressional offices. Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, one of the leading anti-illegal-immigration organizations, recently told me that protests are not a priority for him.

“I don’t know if demonstrations are particularly effective,” he said.

http://blog.pe.com/multicultural-emp...ational-event/