Category Immigrant rights

Massive march today

The march in LA today will be historic. Yesterday, thousands marched nationwide, plus there were work stoppages and school walkouts, all to protest the Sensenbrenner bill. Today is the monster L.A. march. As of Friday night when I write this,…

L.A. Immigrant Rights march Saturday

Even more so than yesterday, it’s looking like the Immigrant Rights march in L.A. tomorrow will be massive, with hundreds of thousands coming, just like what happened in Chicago on March 10. Hey, all you netroots folks who think you…

Why I’m marching Saturday

I just spoke with with Maria, a recently naturalized citizen from Central America. One of her sisters who is not yet a citizen just crossed the border. They walked for three days and nights nonstop without food or water. Maria…

Huge Immigrant Rights march this Sat.

The Immigrant Rights march in L.A. this Saturday now looks to be enormous. Organizers are predicting 300,000-500,000 people. Seasoned activists tell me this is a realistic estimate. The sleeping giant of Immigration Rights has awakened. The primary demand is No…

No on HR 4437

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal – Martin Luther King Jr. How bad is the anti-immigrant HR 4437? Real bad. H.R. 4437 would expand on policies that have seriously eroded civil liberties. It would further militarize…