Turnout light in May Day demonstrations

Illegals demand “rights”

“We come here to fight for legalization. We’re people. We have rights,” said Eric Molina, an undocumented factory worker who immigrated to Zion, Ill., from Mexico.

Margot Veranes, a volunteer organizer in Tucson, where an estimated 12,000 took to the streets last year but early guesses Thursday put the crowd at closer to 500, blamed the turnout on aggressive enforcement by Border Patrol and police, according to a MyWay report.

“People have been stopped and deported in the last week. This is a community living in fear,” said Veranes, a researcher for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. “You never know when you’re going to be stopped by Border Patrol and now the police.”

“We’re marching to end the raids and the deportations, but we’re also marching for health care and education and good jobs,” she said.

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7 Responses to “Turnout light in May Day demonstrations”

  1. Joe Evans Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 10:35 am

    I nominate this for the most outrageous comment of the year:

    “We’re marching to end the raids and the deportations, but we’re also marching for health care and education and good jobs.”

  2. John Q. Public Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Hey, why not? Legal? Illegal? What does it matter? Obviously, American citizens OWE them.

  3. AZ Conservative Gal Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    I’d call this a good case of raw nerve. Go home and let Mexico provide the “health care, education and good jobs” for you. We’re fed up.

  4. Seen it before Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    I remember May Day as being a big deal in Communist counties. The Soviets always celebrated May First with a whirlwind display of tanks, soldiers and missiles parading through Red Square.
    How interesting that the illegal aliens and their supporters would think this was an appropriate day to hold their marches and make demands.

  5. SherriAZ Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    Americans should plan to gather all the outrageous comments made by illegals and their supporters, copy them and mail them in MASS QUANTITIES to Congress, all postmarked on the same day with an accompanying message.
    GIVE US BACK OUR COUNTRY BY SENDING THEM HOME TO THEIRS.

  6. RA Says:
    May 3, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Right on, Joe – that quote is both one of the funniest and one of the scariest things I’ve heard this year.

  7. ann Says:
    May 3, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    Our response should be that everyone has human rights. Illegals do not have civil rights.

    So we treat them humanely, and send them home, hard cases for a hearing.

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