Thread: Protesters target Attorney General's immigration speech in S

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Posted on Fri, Jul. 21, 2006

Protesters target Attorney General's immigration speech in Santa Clara

By Jessie Mangaliman
Mercury News

U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will address the Commonwealth Club this morning in Santa Clara in a discussion of immigration reform that has already drawn the attention and ire of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and the Raging Grannies.

Gonzales will talk about the Bush Administration plan that calls for increased border security, a temporary guest worker program, an employer verification program, and legalization, after penalties, for some undocumented immigrants already in the United States.

Local members of the Minuteman, a civilian border patrol group, have scheduled a news conference after the Gonzales address at Santa Clara Marriott. The group opposes legislation approved by the U.S. Senate, which will give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, and supports a U.S. House of Representatives bill that makes it a felony to be in the United States without legal immigration documents.

Members of the Raging Grannies Action League, a Peninsula group, are planning a protest outside of the hotel. The group has criticized the Bush guest worker plan, calling it ``exploitive.''

Check back later today to www.mercurynews.com for updates on this developing story.


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Raging Grannies Action League

JOHN

Great pics!! How cute they are. What courage!!!

GO GO GO >>GANG of GRANNIES