Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration Watch: After May 1 Protests – So Now What?

Anti-protester Sheila Myers stands with a small group of people shouting at cars and holding up signs on the corner of Florida and Kirby in the city of Hemet.

Los Angeles Times: Next: Converting the Energy of Protest to Political Clout

They’ve rallied, they’ve marched, they’ve boycotted.

So now what?

In the aftermath of Monday’s “Day Without Immigrants,” the urgent question immigrants and their supporters face is how to translate the passion of the streets into lasting political gains.

In coming months, immigrant rights organizers say, they will shift their energy into making a difference at the polls through registering voters, helping legal immigrants become citizens and getting out the vote in June primary elections around the nation.

“This is only the beginning,” said Hilda Delgado of Local 1877 of the Service Employees International Union in Los Angeles. “Now we have to reroute all of the energy and momentum and start registering to vote to send a clear message [for immigration reform] to the Senate and House in Washington.”

Organizers have their work cut out for them. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, only 39% of the nation’s 41 million Latinos are eligible to vote, compared with 76% of whites and 65% of blacks. And fewer than half of the 16 million eligible Latino voters voted in the 2004 general election.

Let Flap help:

1. SECURE THE BORDER

2. SECURE THE BORDER

3. SECURE THE BORDER

AND

NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS

Flap thinks the Congress has the message but we will remind them…….. AGAIN AND AGAIN….

Stay tuned…..

Protestors mass in front of City Hall in Los Angeles, May 1, 2006, as part of what was being billed as ‘A Day Without Immigrants,’ a nationwide protest staged by immigrant rights advocates to protest proposed legislation to reform U.S. immigration law.

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Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 Mid-Day Round-Up

Illegal Immigration Watch: Pajamas Media Update From Los Angeles Protests

Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 – Los Angeles Getting Ready for Protests

Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Roundup Fear Spreads

Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN” American Cities – Redux

Illegal Immigration Watch: California State Senate Supports Mexican “NOTHING GRINGO” DAY

Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN” American Cities

Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform Redux

Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform

Hillary Clinton Watch: Clinton – “Wall Would Be Appropriate in Certain Areas”

Illegal Immigration Watch: Send a Brick Project

Illegal Immigration Watch: The BACKLASH

Illegal Immigration Watch: La Reconquista

Illegal Immigration Watch: Flush Illegal Alien Amnesty

Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Party Recruiting at Illegal Immigration Protests

Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Rights Activists on March Again

Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Compromise Bill Delayed? NOW Shelved…..

Illegal Immigration Watch: Republicans to Filibuster Immigration Bill

Illegal Immigration Watch: McCain – “Not Enough Votes for Senate Judiciary Committee Bill”

Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Frist Wants Immigration Bill Vote this Week

Illegal Immigration Watch: FAQ About Illegal Aliens

Illegal Immigration Watch: Los Angeles Latino DJs Spur Protests

Illegal Immigration Watch: United States Senate Judiciary Committee Approves an Immigration Bill

Illegal Immigration Watch: The United States Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up the Debate

Illegal Immigration Watch: 500,000 Rally to Protest Immigration Bills

Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Senate Minority Leader Threatens Filibuster of Illegal Immigration Bill



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