May 1 Unity March for Immigration Reform

This is video taken and edited on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Over 150,000 marchers urged legislators to make real immigration reform (that protects family unity and provides a pathway to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding immigrants) a reality.

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News & Politics

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• chicago
• immigrant
• justice
• march
• may
• 2007
• immigration
• reform

[wet501]

We don't need a fence on the border - We need snipers with orders to shoot on sight any and all invaders that try and come into America.

End birthright citizenship NOW!

MASS DEPORTATIONS!!!!!

Save the USA from becoming another 3rd world country like Mexico.

[firemanstud1981]

--In addition I have seen the US flag burned. I have seen threats from people who proudly fly the Mexican flag that are taking US land with mass illegal immigration. I do see people who REFUSE to learn the language that my aunt (who knew spanish) and my grandparents (who knew german) had to learn. The disrespect I and others have seen is fueling anger and frustration about this issue. Do I feel its wrong? NO. I will not stand by and see my country pissed on.

[firemanstud1981]

ICIRR- This country is not obligated to provide for EVERYONE that wants to come here. Its not their right to come here. Yes I do agree some changes need to be made. I also want to make clear many many many men and women have worked fought and died to build this country many latinos included in that. And I have to say they would be OUTRAGED any US citizen should be at what is going on at "illegal immigration marches" The flying of foreign flags from people who say they want to be here is unreal--

[icirr]

let's all refrain from swearing and name calling on this discussion board, please. as heated as these discussions get, it adds nothing to the debate.

[icirr]

Ever applied for a visa to come to the US? Do you know how many families are waiting to bring their loved ones here? Do you realize how crippled the government's ability to provide the temporary and work visas needed for agriculture, etc. jobs? Do you know how backlogged the US citizenship process is? Finally, do you think people would risk their lives to come here, risk the fear of deportation every day, etc, if our system wasn't broken and they could just come here legally to begin with?

[firemanstud1981]

These cities where built by LEGAL immigrants who followed the laws to come here. Another major part of it is they assimilated into it.

[firemanstud1981]

bone2thebone- No one has said ANYTHING about the over 2 million LEGAL immigrants that come to the USA a year. They followed the laws, they learned english, they assimilate, they pledge loyalty to the USA, they have background checks. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS did not follow the laws to come in the country. What is so hard to understand about that?

[firemanstud1981]

marteenes- Mexicans are of aztec, mayan, and inca decent- THEY ARE NOT NATIVE THIS FAR NORTH OR TO ANY PART OF WHAT TODAY IS THE USA!!! YES BRITISH ARE NOT NATIVE--MEXICANS ARE NOT NATIVE EITHER. This land was already occupied by Hohokams, blackfoot, cherokee, Huron and many many other. Aztecs, Incas, and Mayan are native to CENTRAL AMERICA.

[AndThenRealityStruck]

"historically the real "Americans" are and will always be Ojibway,chocktaw,potowatami,ho­chumk,crow,dine,arapaho,apache­,hopi,lakota,blackfoot,eskimo,­cheyenne,wampanoag,powhatan,ir­oquoi,ottowa,seneca,chippewa,s­ac,shawnee,omaha,creek,suquami­sh,comanche,pawnee,mandan,semi­nole,santee sioux,shoshone,kiowa,spokane,p­onca,paiute,pima,huichol,tarah­umara,yaki,totonaca,mixteca,za­poteca,chichimeca,otomi,mazahu­a,totoacas,purepecha,huasteca,­olmeca,maya,inca..no matter how many laws/borders they place on them!

[mi6QBranch]

GO HOME ILLEGALS!