Redding Protesters demonstrate against amnesty for illegals
Redding Protesters demonstrate against amnesty for illegal aliens
By Dylan Darling
Posted November 14, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. ,
updated November 14, 2009 at 4:13 p.m.
Redding Tea Party members Lindsay Edwards, left, and Dan Garland protest Saturday along with about 50 others on the corner of Cypress Avenue and Churn Creek Road during a nationwide protest against amnesty for illegal aliens.
About 50 people took up flags and signs at a busy Redding intersection this afternoon to protest amnesty for illegal aliens.
The protesters say the federal government has plans for an amnesty program that would provide citizenship, health care and other support to people who came into the country illegally, said 71-year-old Suann Prigmore of Redding, organizer of the two-hour protest and a member of the Bostonian Tea Party.
“It will ruin the integrity of this country if we let all these illegal aliens in,â€