Immigration Rallies

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CNN has some good coverage, including video:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/...ion/index.html

CSPAN will have video of the DC rally at 4 pm.

I copied this from a post in activism. Hope its okay to do this but I wanted y'all to know that there is MORE about today than just rallies. OFf to go dress my children.

MONDAY APRIL 10 2006

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE BY:
-DRESSING IN WHITE.
-HANG A WHITE SHEET ON YOUR DOOR
-PINNING A WHITE RIBBON ON YOUR CHEST.
-NOT GOING TO SCHOOL THAT DAY.
-COPY, PRINT AND SHARE THIS FLYER WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, REALTIVES & NEIGHBORS
-JOIN WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF A WALK-OUT IN YOUR CITY
-NOT GOING TO WORK THAT DAY. (SPEND THAT DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY)
-NOT USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (BUSES, TAXIS, SUBWAYS, TRAINS, ETC. )
-NOT GOING TO PUBLIC PLACES (MOVIE THEATERS, RESTAURANTS, BARS, ETC.)
-NOT BUYING GASOLINE.
-NOT GOING TO SUPERMARKETS (WAL-MART, CITY MARKETS, PRICE, COSTCO, ETC.)
-NOT SHOPPING AT ALL.
-CONTACTING YOUR SENATORS AND/OR CONGRESSMEN, ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM .

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR FAMILY, RELATIVES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND CO-WORKERS

thanks for this, hotmamacita. here's some more information, this is specifically geared toward allies of immigrants (as the economic boycott is more for immigrant commuynities)

this is from an email a group I work with sent out to folks:

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Totally Off Topic:

Does anyone else find this statement as racist as Bushes comment about how important it is illegals do the jobs Americans don't want to do?

I'm not calling you a racist, Flagger, I'm just curious how at first glance this statement make people feel.

Well, I am feeling rather quesy but I did eat a ginormous cinnamin roll I got from a local bakery run by a woman who migrated here from Honduras when she was young.

I guess my great great great great grandfather should have been deported. He joined the army so they let him stay I guess...that Revolution thing, those anti-British King George bashing Liberal defeatists like that Thomas Jefferson guy make me sick. uke "Wah...taxation without representation"..peasants.

They should all be tossed in the pillory for destruction of property, tea merchants need to make a living too you know!

I am just getting sick and tired of the US saying who should be allowed here and who shouldn't.

I will start transporting illegals myself if I hear anymore complaining.

From now on I am just going to say "HAHAHAHA!! Karma is getting you and you cannot stop it!"

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Maybe if it was a little easier to be a legal immigrant the government would get all those taxes. I personally think that ALL children deserve an education and don't mind paying for someone elses (although I do mind what I am getting for my money/public school Blech! : ) I also think that the single group of people who keep countless numbers of small and large businesses going through their labor have earned a little. "They" may not pay taxes but their employers sure do. I don't think IE's are getting a free pass. They may get a pass paid for by lots of sweat, poor living conditions, living in a constant fear of being caught, hard work Americans are not willing to do, and being treated like second class people. If that is a free pass, count me out. JMO and I acknowledge we won't necessarily see eye to eye.

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Do you think I care how people feel? How is it any more racist than someone saying she did or did not do her shopping at Target.

The boycott was about not supporting businesses. I made a statement that I did support one of my favourite businesses that happens to be a Mexican restaurant.

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I also get sick of the argument that illegal workers lower wages for Americans. Well, isn't it CONGRESS that hasn't RAISED the minimum wage since 1996???
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economi...mum_wage.shtml
And states have the power too:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm

So what has Bush done to help workers here??? NOTHING.

I don't see why these people that work so hard day in and day out irregardless of their legality in this country should not have a program to work towards citizenship. And my husband, who immigrated legally 7 years ago, so nicely pointed out that it's been going on for decades here, so it's better to solve this peaceable than to go through the riots Germany and France have endured.

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Wow, don't we have them all fooled?

And Flagger, why is the right is so dead against Bush on this one? If you are an avid Bush-supporter, why do you NOT want the guest worker program he's wishing for?

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Is this supposed to be akin to the "I'm not a racist because I have black friends" argument?

Some realities: It has not always been difficult, painstakenly slow, or prohibitively expensive to immigrate to the US. Immigration laws became much more restrictive in 1986, and again in the mid-1990s. Most restrictions were designed to exclude poor immigrants from coming to the US, and even today, post 9/11, most restrictions have more to do with excluding the poor than preventing "terrorists" from immigrating.

From the business side of the argument (the primary constituency Bush & Co is concerned about), the current legal framework for immigration is inadequate. In many areas, business owners claim they are unable to find documented workers willing to work for what they can afford to pay. Thus, the pool of documented labor is not meeting the needs of businesses. So there are four options: 1) require businesses to pay a living wage in order to attract documented workers, 2) turn a blind eye to those employers using undocumented labor, 3) provide a legal framework for employers to QUICKLY fill vacancies with foreign-born workers willing to work for lower wages, or 4) some combination of the 3. That's assuming employers really want to use documented workers. Another reality: many, many employers use undocumented workers to avoid paying payroll taxes. I see it everyday in my line of work. I don't hear anyone complaining that these employers are a drain on the welfare system.