Illegal Immigration Watch: “Today We March, Tomorrow We DON’T Vote”

Juana Contreras, 67, from Berkeley, Calif., is pushed in her wheelchair Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 with others through downtown San Francisco during a rally supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants living in the United States. Thousands of immigrant rights supporters march in cities across the country to call for support of illegal workers but draw significantly smaller crowds overall than the massive demonstrations that showed the pro-immigration movement’s growing political strength this spring.

Washington Times: Rallies fail to energize Hispanic turnout

Immigration protests that drew hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators to the nation’s streets in the spring promised a potent political legacy — a surge of new Hispanic voters.

“Today we march, tomorrow we vote,” they proclaimed.

But an Associated Press review of voter registration figures from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Atlanta and other major urban areas that had large rallies found no sign of a new voter boom that could sway elections. There was a rise in Los Angeles, where 500,000 protested in March, but it was more of a trickle than a torrent.

Protest organizers — principally unions, Hispanic advocacy groups and the Catholic Church — acknowledge it has been hard to translate street activism into voting clout, though they insist they can reach their goal of 1 million new voters by 2008.

“I was anticipating a huge jump in registration. I didn’t see it,” said Jess Cervantes, a veteran California political operative whose company analyzes Hispanic voting trends. “When you have an emotional response, it takes time to evolve.”
It’s impossible to count exactly how many new registrants were inspired by the demonstrations because counties typically don’t ask for race or ethnicity.

New registrations were up this year compared with last year, but they were well below the numbers in 2004, and the increase is no surprise at a time when Democrats and Republicans are struggling for control of Congress. Even without that factor, the numbers don’t indicate the watershed awakening advocates had envisioned.

Well, most of the protesters in in the Spring were here ILLEGALLY. And as a consequence they are not eligible to register to vote under any circumstance. Most of the protesters have NOT bothered to immigrate legally into the United States and accept the responsibility of voting.

Are the illegal alien protesters better off today after their protests last Spring?

The protests in the street highlighted the divisions of the country between East and West and GOP and Democrats.

The Democrats are looking for new lockstep voters and GOP owned mega-businesses are looking for cheap labor, resulting in a stalemate.

As Flap has stated before, illegal immigration will be decided by the next President.

And apparently the GOP Congressional leadership has RIGHTLY discovered this as well. There will be NO immigration reform bill prior to the November election.

Captain Ed has Immigration Rallies Do Not Increase Voter Registrations

Illegal Immigration Watch: Miller Brewing Company Sponsoring Illegal Alien Protest – The SPIN

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