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Immigration activists gather in Longmont

Doyle Murphy, (Bio) dmurphy@greeleytribune.com
December 19, 2006

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LOVELAND -- Activists from across the region gathered Monday night in Longmont to respond to last week's immigration raids in Greeley.

On Dec. 12, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants across the country and captured more than 1,200 workers who they suspected of living in the country illegally. About 260 Greeley workers were shackled, loaded onto buses and driven out of the plant.

On Monday night, a crowd of 75-100 people assembled at the office of El Comite de Longmont to protest the treatment of the workers. The group lit candles and marched down Main Street before rallying on the steps of the Longmont Safety and Justice Center.

"We are OK with laws being applied, but there has to be a more humane way," Latinos Unidos spokeswoman Sylvia Martinez said.

Humanity was on the lips and signs of many protesters. Many carried signs that read, "No human is illegal." Others spoke of a basic human right of people to try to improve their life and that of their family, regardless of borders.

"We need to follow the rule of the world and the rule of the human to live where we want to live," said Lola Mejias-Andrade, president of the board for El Comite.

According to its Web site, El Comite is a negotiating body for the Latino community in Boulder County and serves "persons born in the United States and immigrant and refugee populations from all Latin countries." Mejias-Andrade said El Comite also reaches out to populations in Weld County and had received calls from families after the raids on Swift. The organization has worked to connect detainees with a group of private lawyers who have taken up the cause.

Members of El Comite were joined by organizations from across northern Colorado and the state. Julien Ross, statewide coordinator of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, climbed the steps to speak to the crowd. The coalition works with state organizations to fight for immigrant rights on the state and national level.

"Se puede, o no se puede?" he yelled.

"Sí, se puede!" the crowd responded.

Can it be done, or can't it be done?

It can be done.

Later, as the crowd dispersed, Ross said he thought the raids would make a difference in the immigration debate.

"This shows the human side of a broken immigration system," he said.

Families affected by raids

» People who wish to support the Swift workers and families who have been separated and left without income can make a donation payable to "Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church" with "fund for families affected by ICE" in the memo-line. Those donations may be mailed to Our Lady of Peace, Attention: Rev. Bernard Schmitz; 1311 3rd St. Greeley, CO 80631. The church's telephone number is (970) 353-1747. Contributions will go towards emergency rent and food.

» People also may contact El Comite de Longmont at (303) 651-6125.

'We need to follow the rule of the world and the rule of the human to live where we want to live," said Lola Mejias-Andrade, president of the board for El Comite.

Lawless society - rule of the jungle?

If people don't see through their circular logic, I really worry.
It's what woke me up to this crisis. It's one thing to say human
rights are paramount and I kept listening for that, but most
of the mainstream advocates like Murgia never had the courage
to say that. They also never had the courage to say illegal
means illegal. My BS detectors kept going off more & more.
When you hear the word comprehensive 20 times in a 3 minute
interview, you really start to wonder.

The OBLers keep saying they have no problem with enforcing
the law, but they complain each time it is done. They say the
system is broken, but do they mean guest worker or do they
mean completely open borders? Their elevator doesn't go to
the top floor or they are being duplicitous.

CONTACT info

To contact us,
you can call us on (303) 651 6125,
or visit us at our offices at 455 Kimbark Street, Longmont, CO 80501, or email us at elcomite@qwest.net.

How humane is it to screw-up someones life by stealing the social security number, wrecking there credit, having the IRS after them
and sometimes getting arrested becxause of the crime the ID thief committed.

Time to have Ice turn the heat on

Does that mean I can invade their countries?

Hi BR, and others in this message thread,

Originally Posted by Lola Mejias-Andrade, president of the board for El Comite

We need to follow the rule of the world

That is THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER that Hillary's pushing; it follows the DICTATORSHIP of the North American Union.
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Their countries are often banana republics full of corruption and military and other types of coos. Look at most Central American Countries and all the problems they have had with governments. Then you had Pinochet and others like him in South America and now Chavez in Venezuala and his good friend Fidel Castro in Cuba. These people think what they got away with over there, they can do here. You don't have to look farther than the third world country of Miami to see it. Tancredo was correct when he said that Miami was like Havana when it comes to freedom of speech. In Cuba media is controlled and in Miami people on the school board banned a school library book on Cuba and want to ban more. Now they are using the taxpayers money to fight the ACLU who told them to put the books back in the library. Then Tancredo was suppose to come and speak in Miami and the restaurant where he was to speak got threats and someone sent a threatening letter to the Miami Herald which police are investigating. There were actually bomb threats made.
What about our constitutional rights? They use them against us but think we aren't entitled to them. This has got to stop.

Originally Posted by Cindy

Does that mean I can invade their countries?

LOL who'd want to???

[quote]"We need to follow the rule of the world and the rule of the human to live where we want to live," said Lola Mejias-Andrade, president of the board for El Comite.
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Anyone know where I can find this so-called human rule that allows everyone to live where they want? This is the first I've heard of such a rule. If everyone that wanted to live in the United States was able to do so, we'd all have to leave just to make enough room for them.