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Fascinating that the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa didnt mention the illegal invaders being there to harrass the protest !
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/st...gration-issues
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Standing on a pedestrian overcrossing above Highway 101, Alex Morrow, right, holds a protest sign as her granddaughter Alexis Mautner, 13, waves to passing motorists honking their horns in support of a demonstration calling for changes to immigration policy in Santa Rosa, California, on July 19, 2014. (Alvin Jornada / For The Press Democrat)
BY JEREMY HAY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
July 19, 2014, 5:37PM
Dozens of North Bay residents Saturday joined protesters nationwide who took to highway overpasses to call for changes to immigration policy, spurred by a mass migration, including of 57,000 children, from Central America nations torn by violence.
As a steady sound of horns sounded from the highway beneath the overpass just south of Highway 12, George Moretto said of the children streaming to the southern U.S. border: “Of course they need help, but their own countries should help them. They should figure out other means than America; it’s not the only place to go.”
A glazier from Santa Rosa, Moretto, 43, held a sign that said “Secure Our Borders,” and he criticized money spent on housing and otherwise addressing the circumstances of the Central American children.
“If they spent that on our own problems rather than other people’s, we’d be better off,” he said.
Beside him, Brittany Salm, 27, of Santa Rosa held a sign that said “If I broke the law, I’d go to jail.”
“I’m sorry, but there’s a lot of children here who are citizens, who don’t get the help they need,” Salm, a pharmacy technician, said, citing Medicaid, the health insurance plan for low-income Americans as a particular example.
The law bars undocumented immigrants from Medicaid coverage, though the program does cover some costs to hospitals for care provided to that group of patients.
Salm, and others with that complaint on Saturday, said fraud was rampant, though.
While some signs criticized President Barack Obama, other protesters said responsibility for policies they considered faulty began before his watch.
“It actually started with President (George W.) Bush, but this loophole needs to be cut right back out,” said Ann Jordan, a Santa Rosa resident and stay-at-home mother.
She was referring to the 2008 law that requires the government to take into custody and care for unaccompanied foreign children who illegally enter the United States from countries not bordering the United States — before deciding how to resolve their situation.
That, Jordan said, attracts women and, in particular, children to try to enter the country illegally.
“We’ve created a climate that draws them here, and it’s very dangerous,” she said, referring to the perilous route north for undocumented immigrants form Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
“And if they get here, bless their hearts, then they’re on our tax dollars,” said Jordan, who declined to give her age.
Various immigration and conservative activist groups joined in Saturday’s protest, including Overpasses for America, North Bay Patriots, Americans for Legal Immigration and Bay Area Patriots San Francisco Tea Party.
“The government doesn’t have the resources to support the social services for our own citizens; we can’t afford to let millions of people in — I mean, how many here already live in poverty?” said Heather Flick, 43, a Tiburon lawyer.
She said the Obama administration is “encouraging” illegal immigration of people drawn by hope of work, safety and social services.
Asked how, she said: “They’re certainly not discouraging them. I don’t know how they’re encouraging them.”
As he pointed a sign at traffic that said “Deport Illegals Now,” Tim Dugan, 58, a Sonoma County bus driver, said he supported the sort of legal immigration his wife, a Filipina, had undertaken.
“It’s not a racist thing at all — but it’s a national security and a national identity kind of thing,” he said. “People who come here should be American, and not saying ‘Celebrate our diversity.’ Because I think diversity separates us.”
You can reach Staff Writer Jeremy Hay at 521-5212 orjeremy.hay@pressdemocrat.com.
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Protesters gather in Mishawaka over concern for border immigration
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Groups join in concern over influx from Central America
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Jacksonville residents join in national illegal immigration protest
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Immigration Reform? Hundreds of Protests Nationwide Say No Way José
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Protesters raise voices against illegal immigration in Kentucky
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Overpasses for America supporters Lindsey Davis, left, and Christine Reno stand atop the Franks Road overpass near Hamilton Place and wave to northbound Interstate 75 traffic Friday. People across the nation were protesting illegal immigration. Photo by Tim Barber.
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Group gathers at Bijou overpass on I-25 to protest immigration, politicians
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North Bay residents Saturday joined protesters nationwide
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Jacksonville residents join in national illegal immigration protest
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Dayton mayor's comments on immigration draw fire
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DAYTON —
Mayor Nan Whaley's comments about immigration prompted a small group of protesters waving American flags and signs denouncing undocumented immigration from Mexico to gather Thursday night outside a building where she was meeting with residents about community issues.
The protesters, many of whom were from Cincinnati, said Whaley has signaled Dayton's willingness to accept some of the undocumented immigrant children who have arrived at the southern U.S. border from Central America. They said they wanted to send a clear message to political leadership that they will not tolerate the welcoming of illegal immigrants into the community.
"They don't have the right," said Zee Zembry, an Arizona resident who is helping a sick relative in Tipp City. "We don't want illegals in Dayton, Ohio."
Whaley said it was sad that people who do not live in Dayton tried to hijack a community meeting to complain about needy children. She said if the children, whom she describes as refugees, need to be distributed across the nation, Dayton would certainly do its part and provide a safe landing spot.
"Of course we would consider being helpful to the country, because we're an immigrant-friendly community," she said.
Whaley was hosting the second of 14 community meetings planned for across the city, which have been billed as a way to promote neighborhood strengths and connect residents with services. About 50 people attended the meeting, where updates were provided on the Dayton Metro Library expansion and the county auditor's revaluation of properties across the city.
The topic turned to illegal immigration when Ron Ungerer, a 63-year-old Xenia resident, stood and addressed the mayor. Ungerer said he wants to know why Mayor Whaley has told some media outlets that she would support accepting some the undocumented children.
"The mayor is on record as having said she wants to bring illegals into the community," he said. "This will be a very destructive thing for our neighborhoods ... where will they put them?"
Though he lives in Xenia, Ungerer said what happens in Dayton impacts the entire region, including the surrounding communities. He is demanding Whaley recant all statements of support of providing facilities for the illegal immigrants.
The mayor said Dayton, along with many other U.S. cities, has been in communication with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about the immigrant children at the southern borders. The department, she said, has tried to identify cities that have facilities that could accept and accommodate some of the thousands of child refugees.
Whaley said Dayton would likely be a destination for some of the children. But she noted there is no news on the fate of the immigrant children and Congress would have to take action to finance their placement in communities nationwide.
"We are an open community, and we are open to immigrants," she said. "The anger about something that hasn't even happened, and the fact that Congress hasn't even acted, makes this all very strange to me."
Outside the meeting place, some protesters and attendees became embroiled in a heated argument, where they traded sharp words. One visitor said the protesters had no right to disrupt a neighborhood meeting that had nothing to do with immigration issues.
But some protesters said they do not know whether Whaley was discussing any of her plans for the immigrant children.
"She was here to discuss neighborhood issues," one man said. "Bringing hordes of illegals to Dayton is probably not only going to affect my neighborhood, but this very neighborhood."
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Published on Jul 20, 2014
At an Olathe, KS rally, organizer Ed Hayes speaks about the "invasion on the border" and the problems of illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehVECleDhVg
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