Immigrants In NYC To Participate In National Boycott Monday

[Flabbergasted]

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=59004


April 28, 2006

Immigrant activists across the nation and in New York City are gearing up for a boycott called "A Day Without Immigrants" this coming Monday, May 1st, to display the importance of immigrant workers to the U.S. economy.

Protest organizers are asking immigrants across the country to skip work, school, and even shopping Monday.

Others say if they have to work, they'll ask for time to attend a protest or wear a white T-shirt as a show of support.

"I think this is just a start, to show the government, to show U.S. corporations that we are important, that we are the base of the economy, and this government needs to support that base,” Javier Gallardo of the Latin American Workers Project said at a press conference Friday.

Organizers say they will march from Little Italy to Union Square. Another group says it will form a human chain at 12:16 in the afternoon to commemorate December 16th, 2005, when Congress passed a bill that seeks to make illegal immigrants felons.

[bluedog]

1. INS and ICE should be out and about.if NOT.they should

abolish this department along side FEMA

[Flabbergasted]

2. Either that or well go out with our shotguns...

Sarcasm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Feel free to go down yourself...

and make some citizen's arrests.

Tell us how that turns out.

[bluedog]

4. so you agree.the INS and ICE are powerless........then abolish them

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. No.

I'm agreeing you're all bark, no bite.

[bluedog]

7. so....answer.what is the INS and ICE's job suppose to be?

enforce immigration laws or not....and yes I will be making a ton of calls to these offices Monday.....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. First and foremost, they're there to uphold the law.

Including the Constitution.

And arresting people under suspicion of illegal immigration because they're hispanic is against the law.

Not to mention blatant racism and therefore ethically disgusting.

[shamrock]

9. Did you forget already?

the 'LAW' doesn't count when we're talking about immigration issues. Can't have it both ways.

[mr.alleycat]

6. Have We Forgotten?

It's called Power to the people.
We should be ashamed given the loss here.