TRANSLATED FROM:
http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=202499

Wednesday, March 19.

May 1 march by Mexicans in Chicago is discarted.

Pedroza declared in interview that the decision of a group of activists to march again does not reflect the feelings of the community.

Chicago.- Common Leaders assured that the majority of Mexican immigrants of this city rejects the execution of a massive march the next May 1 in demand of immigration reform.

"The people consider that there aren't any conditions for immigration legislation, for which to pressure with a march will only bring the increment of raids and deportations", affirmed the president of the Chamber of Commerce of The Villita, Salvador Pedroza.

Also the counselor of the Institute of the Mexicans Abroad (IME), said in interview that the decision of a group of activists to march again does not reflect the feelings of the community.

"The leaders cannot feel the same things that the undocumneted, because they already documents and even citizenship.

They do not know that is the fear of a possible separation of their family by immigration agents", he added.

In the meantime, Cuauhtémoc Morfin, common leader of the mexican neighborhood Pilsen and counselor of the IME, expressed that the marches already fullfiled their objective and another march runs the risk of becoming a failure.

"The first march showed that we are united, the second was prompted by the aggresive operation in The Villita two weeks before, but the third one could be counterproductive", he added.

The activist assured that the inhabitants of Pilsen have said that they do not want another march, "they believe that alone will bring more injustice against them, because the authorities do not like that type of protests in the street".

With respect to the assembly of the March 10 Movement, the international boycott against the business Kimberly Clark, both leaders said that if its not well organized, itwould also result in a failure.

"A boycott requires an extensive structure to organize and above all economic resources which we don't have", notified Pedroza.

The opinion of the two common representatives, the best form to continue pushing for immigration reform is through a common plan, formed by several strategies to be develop in different fronts.

As an example, Morfin mentioned to continue informing the community of their rights; to enlarge the number of immigrants that become citizens and voters; as well as to know and to pressure their federal and state representatives.