Most those students you seen walking out of class are future voters

[NNN0LHI]

Their parents may be considered illegal but these kids are just as much American citizens as any of us. And they won't forget who stood by them in a few years when they go to the polls. And they won't forget who wanted to deport their parents either.

Don

[rodeodance]

1. and here is a good example

.... Some protests were held this weekend, but large demonstrations and marches were held in 94 cities on Monday, including Washington, D.C.The marchers oppose several pieces of existing and proposed legislation that they said would criminalize them and take away their rights.The marchers' key demands are changes in the law to legalize an estimated 11 million undocumented workers, stopping H.R. 4437, which would tighten security and criminalize these workers, and repeal a state law that blocks access to driver's licenses and ID cards to anyone who can't prove their legal status.

There are an estimated 50,000 illegal workers living in Dane County, WISC-TV reported.A similar march was held a few weeks ago in Milwaukee with many workers leaving their jobs to participate, WISC-TV reported.
Hundreds Of Madison Students Excused From Class
Hundreds of Madison students left the classroom behind to join the rally at the Capitol.Officials said that 657 students -- about 5 percent of the Madison Metropolitan School District's 13,000 middle and high school students -- received an excused absence to attend the rally with a written note from their parents, IWSC-TV reported. Brisa Flores, a senior at East High School, said that she felt a need to participate in the march. "I don't really support the immigration laws that they're trying to pass, and we've had debates about this in my justice and law class and I just thought I should be here," Flores said.

District officials said that up until last week, they didn't know that there was a state law that allowed the students to be excused from class for such an event. Parent Marlene Lopez said that she wrote a note to excuse her son from elementary school to support the march."The more immigrants they can see, it's much better for us," Lopez said. "So, they don't think it's a small group of Hispanic people."
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10,000 Assemble At Capitol For Immigrants' Rights

Marchers Walked Up W. Washington Ave.
UPDATED: 7:10 pm CDT April 10, 2006

.......Police estimated that about 10,000 people were marching through downtown Madison. The march began at Brittingham Park at 10:30 a.m. on the shores of Lake Monona. The marchers later moved down West Washington Avenue toward the Capitol at about noon where Latino activists, religious leaders and public officials, including Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, state Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager and Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, spoke."This is such an important event because we need to stand up to those in Washington who would move us back to a place we don't want to go," Falk said.Labor union organizers also spoke and Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino led many in the crowd with a prayer in Spanish.
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2. That's why I am so glad a few DUers are calling them tools of the GOP..

Nothing wins people over like telling them they can't think for themselves or express their feelings without outside encouragement.

:sarcasm:

[Kikosexy2]

3. all the more..

to get the word out to them during those marches to VOTE DEMOCRAT IN 2006/2008! TELL THEM TO REMEMBER PETE WILSON AND PROP. 187 AND REMIND THEM OF THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION REPUGS ARE NO FRIENDS OF IMMIGRANTS PERIOD!