Thread: Immigration fears dampen spirits at Hispanic festival

According to this Raleigh, NC news article...we bad people who are against illegal immigration are preventing the illegals from enjoying themselves at a hispanic festival. They go to the festival yet thier heart is heavy with fear. And why does the ACLU have a booth at this festival?
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Immigration fears dampen spirits at Hispanic festival

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/698621.html
Sam LaGrone, Staff Writer

RALEIGH - Underneath the horn riffs and conga beats of Latin fusion band Pablo Antonio y La Firma, there was tension at the 14th annual La Fiesta del Pueblo.

Attendance for the two-day festival was down from the 26,000 who participated in 2006, Marisol Jimenez McGee, El Pueblo's director of advocacy, said Sunday. Actual attendance numbers will not be available until later this week.

"We're hearing a lot of fear and tension in the community," Jimenez McGee said. "We definitely had people telling us that immigration [enforcement agents] was coming to the festival."

Fiesta, held at the State Fairgrounds, is the flagship event for El Pueblo, a Latino advocacy organization based in Raleigh.

In addition to live music performances and vendors, the event serves as an opportunity to bring together the state's Hispanic population en masse.

Booths for the American Civil Liberties Union and insurance companies and a mobile Ronald McDonald shared space with tamale and lemonade vendors.

Pedro Carreno, president of the Carolina Hispanic Association, ran the voter registration booth at Fiesta. Even with the decrease in attendance, Carreno estimated his group registered 175 voters over the weekend.

"The way that we can make a change is to inform as many people of their rights," he said.

At least one attendee took the time to escape the politics of immigration and take in the sights.

Ernesto Castillo pushed a stroller with his family and had high praise for El Pueblo's efforts.

"It makes you forget everything that's going on outside," he said.

Staff writer Sam LaGrone can be reached at 836-4951 or sam.lagrone@newsobserver.com.

If the fear of sweeps sends extreme fear into Criminals Then ICE and the rest of us are doing our Jobs

I’ve heard and read so many times that (The Illegals) aren’t Illegal if that was so true and they all believed this then what are they all worried about...
If you don’t break the law
There is nothing to worry about...

Criminals arent going to Have fun
on the American dime

The two biggest ILLEGAL ALIENS I KNOW OF ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE DEPORTED

1. The American Civil Liberties Union (Nothing American About it)
2. The Federal Government (Nothing American About it)

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

The two biggest ILLEGAL ALIENS I KNOW OF ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE DEPORTED

1. The American Civil Liberties Union (Nothing American About it)
2. The Federal Government (Nothing American About it)

LOL!!!

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

The two biggest ILLEGAL ALIENS I KNOW OF ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE DEPORTED

1. The American Civil Liberties Union (Nothing American About it)
2. The Federal Government (Nothing American About it)

http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/CLIPS/AUSTIN4.WAV

http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/CLIPS/AUSTIN4.WAV

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA ... my coffee almost came out of my nose on that one... I wasnt ready for it