Your post smacks of racism, Kim. You whine about illegals being paid under the table, but say nothing about the businesses and corpoations who increase their profits by doing just that.

Will this march/boycott/protest result in greater sympathy for their plight? No, probably not. I suspect it won't sway votes one way or the other...

What it will do is solidify the movement of hispanic voters away from the Republican party, and the way it will do is that by triggering posts such as yours which attack illegal aliens without addresing all sides of the problem. At least Newt recognized that WE are all at fault for perpetuating a system that fosters and encourages illegals to enter this country and work.

Um, Lee, illegals are not a race......

The rest of your comment is so far off base it isn't worth addressing.

Go to hell Lee

This is very interesting. You should also see this site: www.saneworks.us.

This is nothing more than a home invasion on the most massive scale ever. And now that they're here, they're demanding to be treated as the homeowners. We wouldn't put up with this on an individual level, why are we allowing this to be forced on us?

Lee:

Just to clarify things.

If I leave my door unlocked, and there's a nice plasma TV visible from the window, it's my fault that the TV got stolen?

Here's what's sad about the defense Lee is making. What of the legals? What of the people who take the time to fill out the forms, file the visas, etc.? You have to wonder: Why in the world would the law-abiding folks continue to abide by the law, if all it does is make them suckers?

Because they have something LEE does not..Virtue & Integrity.."

Whine away Ladies -- as I said - it's all good.

I say go ahead and try protesting. Interrupt city operations, block freeway entrances, shut down buildings, etc. And be prepared to reap the backlash from it. Oh the halls of congress will shake, all right--just not in the way you hope, Mr. Rodriguez.

Legal immigration? Yes! Ilegal immigration? No. It couldn't be more simple and clear.

I think Lee has a great point. If people want to come into this country and be apart of this country they should do it legally. I can't just run into Mexico and say, "hey! I deserve to be a citizen of your country with full rights of a native born Mexican because I am here and this is how I feel". The Mexican government would let me know how they feel 'real fast'. Seems like there is a double standard here. If you want to join us in this country please do not take advantage of our kindness by bullying us with boycotts that harm our economy and calling us racists. This offends the average native born citizen of this country. Just respect our country by following the laws. Get it?

Last year, Gov Bredesen (Tennessee) kicked a 300,000 people off of TennCare, the disastrous answer to Medicaid. My son, who has chronic and serious health issues, was one of them.

Best estimate is that there is somewhere around 300,000 illegals in Tennessee. And ya know what? They can get TennCare!

Ain't dat some shit?

At about the same time, Bredesen decided it would be a grand idea to give illegals driving certificates. So they could get insurance. Right. This disaster was nixed when it was found that illegals were pouring into Tennessee by the thousands to get these driving certificates. Several people made a few bucks helping them get here. I bet you didn't see that one coming ...

Oh, did I mention that Bredesen is a Democrat? Now there's a friggin shocker ...

Whats next ?are they going to start burning cars?

Republicans in Congress, desperate for re-election votes, will be kissing the protestor's arses, Peter F.

I am sorry. Made a big mistake! Kim made the great point not Lee!!

What is the cost of deporting all of the illegal immigrants worldwide I heard 500 million where do I send my check? If I refuse to pay my taxes I can either go to jail or pay a hefty fine, if I'm an illegal I don't get any punishment, if fact I might even get amnesty and continue not paying taxes; I'm breaking the law and getting awarded for it - this country is in a sorry state right now - and if you say anything against the illegals you're considered a bad person, well if they want amnesty here's a solution: have them enlist in our military and serve "their" country. Let's see how eager they are to be Americans when they're told they have to fight a war in another country like my husband fought in the Gulf War you want to be an American? then act like an American! Pay taxes, defend your country, wave the AMERICAN FLAG and sing the Star Spangled Banner in ENGLISH!!!!

Does anyone remember that the whole southwest was part of mexico in the first place? And that the treaty that was signed in that war was never intended to be upheld by the us. I think these protest/boycott are just scaring you reactionaries.

Gosh, you're so right. What'll you have me do now?
Roll over and play dead? Not!

The illegals and their allies are really screwing themselves by organizing this kind of thing. I think that most Americans have a sort of "live and let live" attitude toward illegals: yeah, not too happy that they broke the law to come here, not real thrilled that our tax dollars are paying for their health care and childrens' education, but willing to sort of ignore the problem.

However, I think that most Americans also don't like being pushed around or having their noses rubbed in it.

If the illegals want to see a massive push for border enforcement AND repatriations, go ahead and try to shut down the cities. Wave the Mexican flag and demand "your" country back. Squawk about your "rights". Dig the hole a bit deeper.

Candidates around here (No. Carolina) are already running on anti-illegal platforms. This sort of thing will only provide grist for their mill.

I agree with Love The USA.. AND I AINT SCARED!!

Based on the comments, you guys should take a look at this article too. Kind of has a different take on why all of this is happening. It's an interesting read. http://jeffslade.blogspot.com/2006/04/land-of-entitlement-immigrant-protest.html

Keep up the good work!

James

On this issue the Republicans and I particularly include Bush on this, are just as full of shit as the Democrats. While it's not possible to absolutely stop illegal immigration, it can be drastically reduced without turning this country in to a real communist police state. Make the transfer of funds back extremely difficult and most won't come to begin with. And many will leave after a while. Enforce tougher sanctions on employers who willfully flout the law and stiffen the border patrols.
On this issue we have the perfect cynical political storm. The Democrats can't get enough Americans to vote for them so they need to import voters. The Republicans, particularly in agricultural states need to supply corporate farms
the labor force they need.
As an immigrant I sympathize with the illegals. The vast majority are just humble working people trying to feed their families. You can't hate a man for trying to feed his family. On the other hand giving them amnesty makes a mockery of our laws and makes fools out of legal immigrants.

Mexico will never change, never reform as long as the US acts as a safety valve for the corrupt Mexican elite.

I still think it is amazing that these people come here to unite in large numbers to affect change in our country. Why can't they do it in their own country? That is where the problem really is for them. Their goverment...their officials. Those are the ones they need to rise up and march on. Unfortunately the bleeding hearts and scared poloticians here in our country will hash out some policy that will be a bureaucratic nightmare in an attempt to salve everyones feelings and cost us a fortune when a little tough love and law enforcement is all we really need.

Rich

How does failing to show up for work prove that you are doing "jobs that Americans won't do"?

It cracks me up ... the ones that say "we" stole the southwest from the Mexicans and they are going to take it back. We should go back to Europe.

Uhh ... folks. Mexico ... tweren't your'ns to begin with. Ya'll don't remember them Aztec folk ya'll wiped out? Every last one of 'em. Least we let ya'll have your lives, and most of your land ... and we won ya fair and square in a fight ya'll picked.

So, OK. We'll all go back to Europe ... we'll drop ya'll off at Spain on our way through. Mmkay?

Fill up the gas guzzling SUV's, load it down with cinder blocks. You wouldn't want to bog down when you run over a couple hundred criminals.

Flood the INS, FBI, NSA, Homeland Security (joke),Border Patrol and local police agencies with phone calls reporting a mass of criminals who slithered into the country. Take a lot of pictures and send them to the INS with a request they investigate every one of the criminals and the organizers of the criminal invasion. They've already made an enemy out of me and the next idiot show will make a few millions more enemies.

Folks, our government has funded illegal immigration for years. Money is set aside for their health care, schools are reimbursed for "special" language translations, the IRS is prohibited from giving out information that would lead to finding illegal aliens. And now we expect that our government will do something positive? No, this will not happen. Bush is in bed with Fox and Mexico looks to the US as a paycheck. This is just all so sick. Now the entire issue of illegal has become (as expected) a "race" issue. Bullshit, illegal is illegal regardless of the color of the skin.

Anyway what I wanted to say before I went off on that rant, is what my biggest fear is that all it is going to take is one unruly person, one person to shove another, one kid to call another a name, one person to start any form of violence and can you just imagine? This is such an emotional issue, it has all the earmarks of a civil war. I just hope it is played out with some dignity for all concerned and no one gets physically hurt in the process, but history does not support having that many people in one place(s) without incident.

They are going to show this country that we can and will get along without them! They will show once again that they are willing to break the law (blocking freeways, etc.) to get what they want. Go ahead and shoot yourselves in the foot again! We'll be watching the public opinion swing further towards "NO AMNESTY"!

There are a few businesses here that are posting signs in support of this that will be closed. I plan to never spend another dollar at those stores again.

JOB BULLETIN TO UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS;

There will be a glut of employement opportunities available to all able bodied Americans who want to work on Monday May 1st. Go to a local business known to have empoloyed illegal immigrants and replace all of the self-righteous demonstrators.

This demonstration could be a referendum on the American unemployment rate.

The immigrants protesting are playing all of the wrong cards, marred by bad leadership, and alienating a largely sympathetic public.

And Kin, don't be naive, the Republicans will be out recruiting too with a campaign of misinformation that portrays the democrats as the party that put the felony language in the house bill.

Re Michelle's docs:

She has what seems to be a letter from the "The Revolutionary Council and Provisional Government of Aztlan", urging marchers to "arm themselves".

Hey, why not wear baklavas as well, guys? Try and look as much like Paleo terrorist assholes as possible!

Throw these bums out.

well whoever put the felony info in the bill should be rewarded.;

Hmmm.

@ Lee

So let me get this straight:

What it will do is solidify the movement of hispanic voters away from the Republican party, and the way it will do is that by triggering posts such as yours which attack illegal aliens without addresing all sides of the problem.

A. You think all illegals are hispanic?

B. You think that hispanic voters are *for* illegal aliens when polls show at least 50% are completely opposed to them?

C. You think that recruiting illegal aliens will somehow shore up political power for the Democrats?