Countdown to May Day: The open borders circus returns
On Thursday, the reconquista militants, illegal alien lobbyists and lawyers, multicultural mau-mau-ers, and assorted anti-border goons will turn out across the country for another May Day open borders spasm.
Los Angeles police are undergoing crowd control training to prevent a repeat of the Macarthur Park riots last year.
College students and Catholic priests will join the “Gran Marcha” to demand amnesty and non-enforcement of immigration laws.
In Madison, Wisconsin, illegal immigration apologists will protest Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney’s practice of notifying federal officials of jailed inmates’ immigration status.
Bay Area anti-war activists are riding the wave and will join open-borders groups to harass both recruiters and ICE agents. Because it’s all about sticking it to The Man.
In Chicago, open-borders exploiters will be bringing back poor Saul Arellano:
Looking smart in a yellow dress shirt and a navy blazer, Saul Arellano was a reluctant speaker at the service in his honor Sunday.
Although he stood on an orange chair to deliver a brief statement in Spanish, the language he says he’s most comfortable with after nearly 8 months living in Mexico, the 9-year-old son of controversial Immigration activist Elvira Arellano was shy in front of the television cameras pointed in his direction.
But the 30 people gathered at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood doted on their “Saulito” all the same..
Saul—who has lived with his mother in Mexico since shortly after her deportation in August—returned to Chicago on Sunday to participate in Immigration-reform events scheduled for later this week, said Emma Lozano, his legal guardian in the United States…
…During the service, Saul also presented flowers on behalf of his mother to Flor Crisostomo, 29, who has taken sanctuary in the church over the last three months. Crisostomo, a friend of Elvira Arellano, was ordered deported in January after being arrested in a 2006 Immigration raid on IFCO Systems, where she worked as a pallet loader.
After the service, Saul said he was a little nervous about participating in the May 1 protests scheduled in Chicago.
“I want to be a regular kid, but I can’t,” he said. Then, he elaborated in Spanish to Lozano.
“He said he should be a child who is free, not a child who has to continually struggle to defend his mother,” Lozano translated.
Tell that to the mother.
Stay tuned for much more.
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Here’s a partial list of open borders protests taking place nationwide:
National Day of Action in Defense of Immigrant Families
MAY 1
ARIZONA
Tucson
March and Meeting
South Gate Shopping Center
8 AM
Phoenix
March
Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum to State Capitol
8:30 AM
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
Rally and March
Sproul Plaza to City Hall
11 AM
Castroville
Chico
Meeting/March
City Hall
3 – 8 PM
Davis
Meeting and March
UC Davis Campus
11 – 2 PM
Farmersville
March
Memorial Park
4 PM
Fort Bragg
March
La Bamba Store
9:00 AM
Fresno
Meeting and March
Medical Center- Fulton Mall
4 – 8 PM
Los Angeles
March
Olympic/Broadway
12 PM
Los Angeles
March and Meeting
3rd/Vermont to McArthur Park
2 – 7 PM
Los Angeles
March
5 Points to City Hall
11 AM
Madera
Meeting
5 PM
Martinez
Vigil and March
Martinez Marina
5:30 PM
Modesto
Mitin
Hatch Road/Crow Landing
10 AM
Mountain View
Vigilia
The Worker Center
Calvary Church
5 PM
Oakland
March
Fruitvale Plaza – along International Boulevard
9 AM
Sacramento
March
Hiram Johnson High School to State Capitol
10 AM
Salinas
Four marches
Constitutional and Laurel
12 PM – 5 PM
San Diego
March
Chicano Park to City Hall
10 AM
San Diego
Rally
City College
3 PM
San Francisco
March
Dolores Park to Civic Center
12 PM – 3 PM
San Jose
Rally and March
Mi Pueblo Shopping Center
4 PM
San Rafael
Vigil and march
Community Center – Canal
6 AM – 10 AM
Santa Rosa
March
Old Albertsons Shopping Center
11 AM
COLORADO
Denver
March
Lincoln Park
10 AM
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Rally and March
Union Park
Chicago
10 AM
INDIANA
Indianapolis
March
5 – 9 PM
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Meeting y march
Courthouse to Jefferson Park
5 – 7 PM
MASSACHUSSETTS
Boston
Meeting and march
Boston Common
4 PM
Chelsea
March
City Hall to Central Square
2 – 5 PM
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Meeting
Downtown
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
Marcha
Lake Street
4 PM
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Mitin
US Federal Courthouse
7 PM
NEW JERSEY
Elizabeth
Meeting
Warinanco park
11 AM
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
March
Tiguex Park
3 – 5 PM
Santa Fe
March
Downtown – De Vargas Park
4 – 7 PM
NEW YORK
New York City
Meeting and March
Union Square Park to Federal Plaza
4 PM
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh
Peaceful Gathering
Legislative House
OREGON
Portland
Meeting and March
SW Park
4 PM
Salem, OR
March to State Capitol
11 AM -3 PM
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh
March and Meeting
Downtown to Mellon Square Park
4 PM
TEXAS
Austin
Meeting
State Capitol
5 – 7:30 PM
McAllen
March
Municipal Park
6 PM
San Antonio
Meeting and March
Plaza del Zacate
12 PM – 7 PM
WASHINGTON
Bellingham
Meeting
Cornwall Park
12-6
Mt. Vernon
Meeting and March
11am
Seattle
March and meeting
Seattle Center Fisher Pavillion
3 PM
Yakima
March
Miller Park
3:30 PM
WISCONSIN
Madison
March and meeting
State Capitol
12 PM
Milwaukee
March
12 PM
CANADA
Vancouver
March in Solidarity with Migrants, Migrants and Undocumented
Clark Park to Grandview Park
6 PM
APRIL 29
Modesto, CA
Rally-March
Gil’s Plaza
3 PM
Mendota, CA
March of Children
10 AM
Jersey City, NJ
Rally
Journal Square
3 PM
APRIL 30
Los Angeles
Immigrant Rights Teach In
Antioch University
2 PM
New York
Public Forum on STRIVE Act
LaGuardia Community College
1 – 2:30 PM
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Oh what fun!/sarc off
I imagine a small few places will be without employees here in the So. Cal desert, no rally’s planned, don’t think they want to draw to much attention to their nest.
ICE is on standby, correct? If they aren’t they should be. I don’t owe anybody anything and when I am in a charitable mood don’t come to me demanding more… Perhaps they should take this moxie and rally/march in their own country. After all that’s the country that owes them anything at all.
Did all the protestors get Thursday off from work?
Looks like they still didn’t get the memo that Americans, regardless of their stance on illegal immigration, will not be coaxed into supporting amnesty by bully tactics, no matter how many marches they hold!
Question: How many Americans have been murdered by Indians, Chicanos and Latinos?
damnit, that Rove…the evil genius he is. in an elelction year too? what a gift to the right. will they be donning communist gear and mexican flags? will they riot again and demand all of the goodies they could have only dreamed of in their home countries?
the man’s brilliance never ceases to amaze. it knows no bounds.
I noted with some satisfaction that no “march” was scheduled in Oklahoma … says much to that state’s efforts …
Secondly I hope others noted their new name for these “marches” is now
“National Day of Action in Defense of Immigrant Families”
Guess what you idiots … LEGAL IMMIGRANT FAMILIES are already defended and protected by the laws of this country …
Conveniently they are leaving out the word “ILLEGAL” …
How great is this? Wright and anti-American LaRaza etc…all in one week…I see 527 video’s everywhere…Thanks guys for helping the American people see the idiots who are on the left side of the spectrum.
Cool!!!
I will be able to drive on the freeway, go shopping in a timely manner and get into the hospital if I get injured. May 1st… It’s the happy, happiest time of the year.
cpodug
more Americans are killed by illegals every year than the US Military has lost in both Iraq and Afghanistan combined across the last 6 years
I thought Rusty said yesterday these poor overworked people working 60-100 hour weeks didn’t have time during the week (EVER) to get to a DMV or find a computer with an internet connection? So how do they find time to march down the street all day waving Mexican flags demanding amnesty for breaking the law?
Bush should be impeached…as he allows another country to colonize ours.
The American flag killed who?
Easy fix – go home and take your flag (and criminals who are killing Americans) with you.
Remember this when any random leftist or do-gooder tries to tell you that these immigrants are no different then those of the Ellis Island variety who arrived at the start of the last century. There are zero similarities.
Both my father and mothers families arrived from Europe (not the good parts!) through Ellis Island. They loved this country, couldn’t wait to learn English, and wanted only opportunity. A great many of these new “immigrants” are really here to steal from you. Healthcare, education, and welfare; they want all this AND your vote. Who can love someone while holding them up at gunpoint? These immigrants hate you, hate America, and arrive with nothing more than a list of demands.
I wonder if the “no-borders” crowd will spare a few words for Army Spc. Medina Torres, who inadvertently brought a couple of guns into Mexico.
I’m not holding my breath.
Does anyone know if there is some kind of “mischief” planned in Colorado Springs, CO? There are a lot of “migrants” on the the southside of town. They had similar demonstrations for their rights when I was living there in 2005-2006.
Can’t wait. I’m sure that many accommodating liberals/RINO’s will be full of zeal for the festivities. Don’t forget your cerveza and pinatas, okay, folks?
DL – yeah, I know – that was kind of a rhetorical question – but it does make my blood pressure soar
I repeat, it is unbeleivable that illegal immigration is even an issue to discuss. Shows the depths to which our logic and common sense has plunged under PC. Their continued nonsense and marching demanding rights they do not have, has only made me less sympathetic to their cause (which frankly was at about the level as my sympathy for the endangered newt anyway). Now I more support saving the newt than these parasites. At this point, I really don’t care how we remove these invaders from our country, just remove them. By any means necessary! To alter a line from the king “Longshanks” in the movie “Braveheart”, remove them ‘peacefully if possible, violently, just as good’. And that includes men, women, and children just so you “compassionate conservatives” and bleeding hearts understand.
Weary Citizen
PC = Pure Crap
ICE is on standby, correct?
HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA! That’s a good one, 30!
Don’t we wish.
More likely, ICE is on Stand DOWN.
Maybe I’ll make a poster ” We’re all just breaking the LAW march, and no one will do anything about it”
or
“We didn’t cross the Law, the Law crossed us.”
or
We’re hear now and we want mucho more” ( gotta mis-spell a few words)
#16 Steveegg
Don’tcha know? This “open borders” rhetoric only goes one way! From Mexico to the USA! It just doesn’t work from the USA (or anywhere else for that matter) into Mexico! They have LAWS about that!
Wondering if I should laugh or cry from that question. Knowing my government, I’m crying now.
On April 29th, 2008 at 10:29 am, DesertLover said:
Weary Citizen
PC = Pure Crap
Yes sir, it does. I define PC as: 1. “the antipathy of logic and common sense” 2. “the replacement of logic by emotion in decision making”.
Get the tear gas ready…
Here in PWC, VA, the illegals are leaving in droves. Now some dimo on the county board wants to revoke the crackdown on illegals. My friend in Fairfax who is an AP at one of the middle schools was telling me again over the weekend how crowded her school was becoming with these new esol students.
I wish ICE was standing by. It will never happen but it is nice to dream.
#12, old Rusty is clueless. I wish he’d take some of these people into his home and if he’s so darn worried about them, he can finance them himself. I have a cousin who has a similiar way of thinking. If I didn’t know the old Rusty lived in DC I would think it was Pat.
My family came originally in the 1750’s and had to go to MD because horror of horrors they were Catholic. When the next wave came in the 1860’s they were taken off the boat and mustered into the Union Army in the famous “Irish Brigades”. In fact when my Great Grandfather was a young man in Chicago, his father paid an Irishman to take his place so his son could stay at home.
When more came in the late 1880’s and early 1900’s they all came through Ellis Island. My Great-Grandmother’s sister was sent back to Ireland because she had TB. If I had come at that time, we would have had to make a decision as to whether we would go back as a family or split due to our “feeble minded child” not being allowed into the US. I have the TB germ and have been treated for it because I taught migrants when I was looking to teach full time. I would have also been turned away.
This new group doesn’t want to assimilate, learn our language and history. These law breakers dictate to us what they want. I have to disagree with the Holy Father, these people committed crimes and they should be punished. Isn’t there something in the New Testament where Jesus said “render to Ceaser what is Ceaser’s”. I know it related to taxes but also to laws.
Breaking the law is somehow lost in translation.
Thanks tre. I gotta laugh to keep from clinging to my guns and religion, bitterly, of course…
‘Tis why I’m not holding my breath, (and why my post on that is titled what it is).
May 1st is Law Day in the US. But to the majority of illegals the law is a suggestion and does not apply to them only to the other law abiding losers who chose to follow it.
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/2007/home2.shtml
tre and Steveegg,
This ought to get your blood boiling.
Another perfect opportunity to ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW and arrest the illegals, but will they do it? hell no.. laws are only for legal, tax-paying citizens, right? These people are above the law.
Already on it full-steam, 30.
OK – and what are we doing that day? I would love to participate at a rally for the opposite side that day – if only someone would organize it.
MayDay should also be called National “how you say, ‘you’re out of a job’ day”.
If I had employees and they wanted to go demonstrate, they’ll demonstrate their way out of a job.
Dear Marchers: Please make sure to bring lots and lots of Mexican flags to wave for the TV cameras.
Each of those flags is like a $1000 donation to the GOP. Thanks so much!
See you in November, amigos!
I wonder if Ted Kennedy will do a few shots and start singing in Spanish again.
sdillard.
I would be thrilled right along with you if only Juan “open borders” McCain weren’t the Republican nominee.
I’m printing up flyers this year to hand out at all the latino stores and laundy mats..letting everyone know that ICE plans to be at their gatherings this year….and that the crackdown has begun. I will site new laws past in our state, etc., just to get some people nervous. It IS time for action.
BOY, I bet they don’t wave MEXICO’S flag, or burn AMERICAN FLAGS like they did the first time here in Phoenix. Whose bone headed idea was that??? Really woke up the sleeping GIANT with that play, HUH???
30 pcs – read your link…my favorite part:
“It’s a very sticky situation for foreigners to have weapons in Mexico,” said a spokesman at the bureau of consular affairs at the State Department. “The laws are stricter and narrower there,” he said.
Sambo,
They do not allow foreigners to run amok (potentially or otherwise) in their country… what a novel idea!
From one of the links above;
Uh, professor, if they were here legally that wouldn’t be an issue. Until then, let’s follow the legislation already on the books, OK?
If I were an immigrant-hating radical, I might even suggest ignoring the existing laws about robbery, rape, and murder, as far as illegals are concerned. But that would make me no better than these thugs.
My sister lives in central New Jersey and was getting her car repaired. She said everybody at this place was speaking Spanish and when they paid their bill they took out big wallets stuffed with cash. She couldn’t believe it. They obviously have money, so why are we giving them free health care and other freebies? If we aren’t going to deport them, can we at least make them pay for these things?
That’s a great idea. Too bad we aren’t having any rallies in Wyoming.
I noticed the illegal invaders in Idaho are not planning any protests, which would not be well received by the legal residents of the state. The xenophobic racists (at least according to the illegal invader enablers) here still believe in the “rule of law” and the simple fact that they would find themselves without the illegal jobs most of the Farmers and Ranchers in the area provide for them should they take the time off to start one.
Even the Cinco De Mayo party is going to be held as very low key in one of the local parks in town on 3 May. I feel sorry for the good folks of California with all the invaders outing themselves there it appears the state is almost lost to the forces of “The Race” and their agenda of Reconquista.
Nice of them to hold these annual demonstrations that businesses will remain open and running without illegal aliens working there contrary to what the activists claim.
Rip Ford
Perfect opportunity to take notice of any businesses that are closed for seemingly odd reasons … it is a pretty good indication that they may be hiring illegals knowingly and that the employees are participating in the marches instead of being at work …
I keep a list of such businesses and do not spend my money at them … Any additional businesses I see closed this year will be added to that list …
Even those of you living in states that do not have employer sanction laws like we have here in AZ (or OK, GA and some others I am hearing about) can make a difference by doing the following :
(1) Take notice of any business closed because they have no one showing up for work on May 1.
(2) Spread the word to others that they were closed because they had no workers show up because of the marches.
(3) Boycott these businesses and urge others to do the same until they stop hiring illegals.
(4) As a result they will either quit hiring illegals or they will go out of business … they can pick their own path and future …
On April 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am, 30 pcs of silver said:
tre and Steveegg,
This ought to get your blood boiling.
Ya know something, 30? I’m 42 years old now. So I really need to be watching my blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Posts like that are bad for my health.
tre,
consider me warned…won’t happen again. Gotta look out for another…lord knows the Dems won’t.
i want to say something but being i am so bitter everything i want to say has to do with my guns and my religion….
Ma get my gun… now let us pray…. Lord please give me a steady hand and a keen eye…..
VIVA DA REVOLUTION….
Don’t forget to fly the Stars and Stripes on May 1st. Nova Albion.
As an AMERICAN who happens to be half Hispanic: these marches, and people, make me sick. They embarrass me and shame me to the point that I do not want to be associated with them, and they denigrade the memory of my hardworking grandparents. They also drag down the lovely parts of the Hispanic culture in their attempts at imperialism and colonization.
All we want is for people to follow the laws to gain entry to this country legally, so that we may know who is here. We would also like to see the people using public services paying into the system by way of TAXES so that they are carrying part of the burden as well. It is simple, and in no way even tied to race or country of origin.
When I see that people earn money tax free, and use our public welfare programs (including schools), and then send half their money back to Mexico to support their own families…well…the blood doth boil. I want to give part of my paycheck to my family instead of my government…
Hey, maybe we should start a fictional campaign – to show how ridiculous their demands really are – that advances illegal alien rights for us all!
*No taxes!
*Free everything!
*Amnesty for crimes committed!
*Your sob story highlighted on the evening news show of your choice!
*Speedy organ transplants – at no cost to you! (See: Free everything)
Illegal Rights? We all want ‘em!
Dag Gum, ain’t gun be nun dem rascals down here in Mississippi on May day.
It looks to me like that woman behind the sign is black. Doesn’t she know that flag freed the slaves? Well over 100 years ago. Is it time to MoveOn yet? Well no, I don’t have my free house yet…
maisey is right Bush has violated his oath of office, numerous times as has the majority of congress…they should all be impeached. Protect the country from forces out side and from within, Bush and his RINO pals are all nothing but a POS.
Worst presidents, A. Johnson, L. Johnson, J.Carter and Bush is pushing hard for the top spot. Which Bush, take your pick, like father like son.
Ever heard of roadkill?
Why is it ONLY the hispanics rise up when we enter bills for the country to have english as a national language, fight us on illegal immigration? No other ethnic group bothers legal or illegal.
Yes Weary Citizen, to paraphrase Longshanks as well:
The problem with Mexico is that it’s filled with Mexicans.
More protests by illegals? Good! The bigger the protests, the more citizens will be reminded of our border problem and the more they will renew their demand that the fence be built.
Headlines: ICE Came Out in Force at May Day Parade for Illegal Aliens but Slowly Melted Away
The Patriot Post
Founders’ Quote Daily
“Illustrious examples are displayed to our view, that we may imitate as well as admire. Before we can be distinguished by the same honors, we must be distinguished by the same virtues. What are those virtues? They are chiefly the same virtues, which we have already seen to be descriptive of the American character — the love of liberty, and the love of law.”
– James Wilson (Of the Study of the Law in the United States, Circa 1790)
Reference: The Learning of Liberty, Prangle and Prangle (207); original Selected Political Essays of James Wilson, McCloskey, ed. (189)
http://PatriotPost.US/histdocs/
Sounds like an excellent time to have an illegal immigrant sweep to me…
Not sure about other illegal immigrants group, but legal immigrant’s dont bother much because majiruty of them are educated and understand the importance of English as the main language.
The important reason they don’t bother in this case is because they have much bigger things to worry about. Even after paying taxes and social security, its very bureaucratic and troublesome to even a get a Drivers License for a legal immigrant because of various laws (eg: SAVE act) which are supposedly against illegals but have teeth only to effect LEGALS in wrong way.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/california_gun_owners_face_fur.html
We lucky Californians have 21 “official” marches slated – as per MM’s post + 3 “teaching” events for tomorrow.
I read with interest the link to our soldier being held in Mexico. No wonder it’s so corrupt down there ther is mo Ammendment II.
Speaking of the Second Ammendment-CA friends- be ready to flood our officials’ e-mails and phones RE: the American Thinker article that I posted on more gun control.
down there- because there is no Ammendment II.
I don’t understand why ICE & the national guard don’t raid these rallies. It seems like a golden opportunity to round up and deport ILLEGALS.
Yes, that’s right I said ILLEGALS. If you entered this country without permission, or overstayed your visa,you are here ILLEGALLY. You are not simply “undocumented” You are a CRIMINAL.
On April 29th, 2008 at 6:16 pm, bob67 said:
I agree with you, and I wish we had more Sheriff Joe’s out there with a real pair of steel to take care of business. But because the ACLU would sue for “racial profiling” because inevitably one or more of those detained would end up being a legal citizen born in the U.S. law enforcement will sit on the sidelines with their tear gas come May 1st and not do anything.
It is the same tactic being used against Europeans by Islamic immigrants and is leading to Europe’s eventual destruction from within. Any “free speech” in Europe that can be construed as being “negative” towards Muslims is being prosecuted for “hate crimes”. Just like what is being done here slowly but surely by the PC far-left moonbats where it is okay for them to use their free speech to harass and threaten people but any retaliatory speech is considered “hate speech”. Hypocrisy in this case knows no bounds.
May 01 needs to be named ICE DAY.
And flyers distributed all over California tomorrow to that effect (”MAY 01 – ICE DAY”).
California if for one reason and one reason only: just look at how many marches of work-avoiding, school-skipping people will be forcing themselves on the rest of the state (what is left of it, anyway).
A little time in the ol’ Humboldt Park neighborhood would make anyone nervous. If the Latin Kings don’t get you, the Spanish Cobras will.
This is the only “change” USA needs. Rest will fall in it’s place.
Think I’ll attend the Seattle protest carrying a placard with the Mexican flag and “this flag killed men, women and children at the Alamo” and “this flag kills millions of U.S. citizens by drug smuggling Latinos”.
Speaking of change, I wonder if we start a new petition asking John Kerry to step down if he actually will this time.
Historically, when different groups or cultures bump up against each other they fight a war. One side wins; one side loses. My side, the AMerican side, won and the other sides, the Mexican-latino sides lost. History is largely an account of confrontations just like the one I am discussing. Hey, you lost. Stop sniveling. I think we should militarily move the Mexican border south to the Tropic of Cancer. That would make it a much shorter border to watch, and would give us a much larger buffer zone in which to sniff out these America-hating invaders.
they want to be part of the nation they condemn. weird.