Osama Bin Laden wasn’t the only death on Sunday. May Day immigration reform rallies across the country died, too.
In Los Angeles, for example, organizers boasted that 50,000 energized protesters would rally for immigration reform in on May Day. In reality, only a few hundred showed up.
The Los Angeles Times reports the sad news:
There were American flags, union banners and vendors hawking treats such as ice cream and hot dogs wrapped in bacon.
But what was missing from this year’s May Day march on a crystal-clear Sunday morning were the crowds.
By 10 a.m. only a few hundred immigrant rights and labor activists had gathered at Broadway and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles to rally public support for legislation that would legalize the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants.
“It’s really sad,” Luis Ortiz, an ice cream vendor who has been coming to the rallies for the last 15 years, said of the small turnout. “I’ve sold very little, almost nothing.”
Similar sparsely attended rallies were held in other major cities across the country.
You know your movement’s in trouble when you draw more vendors than protesters.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Funny, with their champion in the White House, they are laying low... They know not to stir the pot while Dems. work to legalize their kind. They are illegal, not stupid.
Thanks to political correctness, we have people ready to welcome them into the familia...
ARRIVING VERY SHORTLY?
E-Verify! E-Verify! E-Verify! Must be--MANDATED--by Federal law that identifies every Americans, old and new hires throughout America; rejecting illegal aliens from the workplace. This is ATTRITION BY ENFORCEMENT. Other enforcement tools to be enacted permanently such as Secure Communities, to fingerprint and process every alleged criminal by local police. All Americans should demand these immigration innovations from our Senators and Representatives. If they resent your interests and disregard you, then join the TEA PARTY, as they will enforce the 1986 Immigration law. Stop the growth of Government; lessen your taxes, specially the hundreds of billions of dollars being extorted from you, in supporting illegal aliens and the 300.000 foothold babies annually. Under the TEA PARTY ultimatum; No more amnesties, Dream Act, Sanctuary Cities and States, No more Chain Migration or Immigration Reforms of any kind.
TEA PARTY membership is rising by the tens of millions, which are becoming a positive power inside Washington.
IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT STATES THAT DO NOT AUTHOR BILLS TO HALT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ALREADY SETTLED THERE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WILL BE ON THEIR WAY FROM LESS HOSPITABLE STATES. AS FLORIDA STRIPPED ENFORCEMENT E-VERIFY FROM ITS POLICY, THEY TOO WILL BE INVADED BY THE ILLEGAL ECONOMIC POOR. JUST LIKE UTAH FLORIDA WILL HAVE TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS, MORE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, BUILD MORE PRISONS AND ADD MORE CASH TO THEIR WELFARE PROGRAMS TO SUBSIDIZE THE AVALANCHE OF MORE ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Oh! And here comes the (ACLU) American Communist Lawyers Union out of the rancid woodwork, full of Marxist and Anarchist believing we should pay for illegal aliens who come here?
One of our greatest deterrents is for American workers to become a "WHISTLE BLOWER" to identify illegal labor in your company’s domain. Then call ICE or even your Police Department. If not satisfied, leave a message with NumbersUSA as they have people in Washington.
Throw out every politician who condone the 20 million plus illegal aliens and expeditiously dispatch to the street every Governor, Mayor, Police Chief and every elected official and replace them with genuine patriotic American Tea Party activists. The TEA PARTY is all Americans and legally accepted resident. We are a nation of laws that President Obama and his Czarist retinue seem to not accept. Both Republican leaders and Democrats, with a sprinkling of hard core Liberals have failed us for decades. Call every State Representative and Washington, to stop this parody of our laws. Very urgent is we must be vigilant of illegal aliens voting in our elections. Four States election results were compromised in the previous midterm election.Ron Paul has just been determined as soft on Illegal immigration, according to his latest book. He has probably wrecked his chances in the eyes of Pro-Sovereignty members in NumbersUSA, the Tea Party and others. However Sen. Rand Paul in his letter to me, stated, " “I also believe that subsidizing something creates more of it, and I do not think the American taxpayer should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care and other expenses for illegal immigrants. I will work to stop those taxpayer funded benefits.”
See the truth and not lies at NumbersUSA website. Sanctuary states as California are screaming about 30.000 teachers being laid off, but if they were not flooded with millions of illegal invaders they wouldn’t have this almost unfathomable problem? How many other States have massive deficits like California, with a 26 billion dollar deep red ink? We will always take to our hearts newly arrived--LEGALLY PROCESSED highly skilled labor that will not be leeching welfare services. There will never, ever be a place in America who steals past poorly manned borders or on expired travel visas. Our nation has become a universal magnet for every economic migrant and immigrant worldwide, with free access to schools for their children and free meals at school, free health care, plus food stamps, fraudulent tax rebates, home care and every other conceivable benefit that States and the federal government offers.
It is too bad ICE didn't get to have as much activity that day to take down names and take pictures. Maybe next time.
I'm pretty sure it was just a matter of confusion. Between Cinco de Mayo and Obama's reference to Cinco de Quattro all the illegals just said screw it.
There was an illegal alien rally/march thing near me a while back to protest "cracking down on illegal workers." Some illegal aliens were filmed by news crews, and they proudly stated their full name to the camera and said how their employer gave them the day off to come protest. I was frozen with dropped jaw by the absurdity of it.
It sounds like they didn't miss the siesta.
I'm pretty sure that not showing up to an illegal alien rally is ....wait...
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RACIST!!!!!1111!!!!eleventy