Illegal Immigration Watch: Pajamas Media Update From Los Angeles Protests
Juliette Ochieng, Baldilocks Blog, interviews demonstrators.
Pajamas Media: UPDATE FROM DOWNTOWN LA
Andrew Marcus, Juliette Ochieng and Roger Simon hit the streets of the downtown LA demonstration this morning (with a videographer) and were immediately engulfed by a gigantic crowd. It is impossible to say how many are here from our perspectives, but these are the things we can report – they were joyful, they were non-violent (at least as far as we could see) and they were well-organized. A lot of the organization from the downtown demonstration came, alas, from ANSWER and their extremist ilk, but that didn’t stop us from being moved by the demonstrators and their earnest desire to be Americans and to find honest work here. Nevertheless, there were some among them who wanted, unfortunately, the whole enchilada, the return of California to Mexico. But when you interview these people (you will see the results later), you find some are more confused than anything else. For the most part, they just want to work and raise families. They are being exploited by leaders singing a very old and tired song.
Other PJM stories:
Politicians wriggling over May 1 protests: UPDATE
Flirting with backlash: a sea of Mexican flags in LA
Immigration mishmash
Photos from Los Angeles Protests (Courtesy L.A. Times):
Demonstrators march at Broadway and 2nd Street in Los Angeles.
Thousands of people fill Broadway during an immigration protest and rally in downtown Los Angeles.
Immigrants and their supporters gather at Olympic Blvd. and Broadway Ave. in downtown Los Angeles as part of a protest of US immigration policy.
Street vendor Miguel Torres of Bell Gardens will try to earn a few dollars by selling his wares to protesters, immigrants and their supporters gathering downtown.
Supporters of immigrants prepare for demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Stay tuned for more protest coverage……
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