there is suppose to be a large boycott of services by immigrants and others..anyone in here plan on boycotting?
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No way. I will be at work supporting America!!!!
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I've never heard anyone saying there were going to boycott if they do it is arggoant and stupid. Plus where is the question?
141253
Oh yeah, I'll be shopping on Monday.  Can u imagine if the government gave every illegal immigrant amnesty.  What a mess that would be.  They have no right to demand anything!!!!
336996
To come here ILLEGALLY and then make demands is utterly presumptuous, especially if no attempt is being made to acclimate into our existing culture.   Would you expect anything OTHER than a backlash to that?  How rude!
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You'll see after a few days the boycott will show the great \nimpact it caused on the U.S.. A few people will be speechless.
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I'm white and American and I support immigration, illegal or legal.  Everyone should have a chance to experience, freedom and democracy, even if our current government takes such things away minute by minute. People come here illegally so that they may have a new chance at life and usually willing to work to acheive it. Hispanic Immigrants are always hard workers and work for less than minimum wage.  If you want to clean up America, why don't you find all of the whites and blacks who are too lazy to get up off of their asses to do an honest day's work and just sponge on welfare.  As to the t-shirt question, Cafe Press has the ability to make your own. Fidelche has some good political shirts too. The second link in my sources has some "Smash Racism" t-shirts.
145759
Bravo, Liz. Kudos to you!!!!! I think we need to remove all incentives for illegal immigration, but it's not going to happen because US businesses need cheap labor, and workers who have no rights!!!
398174
I have read the book and seen the film High cost of Low prices.  I boycott them because they send American jobs overseas.  Because they treat their eimployees like crap.  Because of the slave labor and child labor.  They are very greedy and evil.\n\nI am poor and thier prices are decent, but I just can't support the things they do.
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Just so happens in-case you haven't noticed all over the news and paper and internet..Hispanics are the ones flooding our boraders...now if there was a bunch of other nationality coming over it would be about them...and Get one thing stright...what you consiter racim to us is about LAWS...you don't think that Americans do those jobs at all that you posted??? Only the Hispanics??? Something is wrong with your information. oh and btw..Illegal is Illegal
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Do You Think Theyll Boycott Social Services??\n\nI Think The Check Arrives The First Of The Month
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THEY (legal and non legal immigrants) threw out the race card first.  Notice they are all for breaking the law?  They want a free ticket in to this country, expect to be handed jobs and  health benefits (free, I might add) automatically, and so far our government has obliged them.  It doesn't look like our goverment is really against illegal immigration.  It's a lie and a sad thing.  I am totally against illegal immigration.  If you want to come here that's great I'm not against that, just do it legally.
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This is a great question.  I think it would help. It would be a positive move.  I think people would be alot more responsive.  I know I would be.  And I have to tell you, I have been very negative since the boycott.  They need to try to blend in alot more.  That is why we are called the great melting pot.  Love your culture, but if you want to become a citizen of another country, you have to adapt.  People are more accepting of others if they aren't making demands all the time.  These Latino power leaders, in my opinion are leading their people down the wrong path.
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What an informative article...but I am already against illegals in our country so this only reinforces not changes my stance.\n\nthanks!
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For all of you uneducated racists, oh excuse me, you say you are not, so I guess I have to believe you. The May 1st boycott is not trying to target ignorant people like yourselves, with less than high school education, and therefore cannot comprehend economics. It is targeted to large corporations, who at the end will influence the Senators making the decision. Go back to school!\n\nSo, take out your notebooks children, 42 million multiplied by 8 (expending) dollars, excluding School District funding... the answer is 336 Million dollars.\n\nThis is just ONE DAY. And this is not counting the amount of money that will not be produced for people NOT working.\n\nDo you still think it won't matter?\n\nOh, and before you start babling "we are 300 millions blah blah blah" it will only take 20 more senators to pass the bill, and in your beloved country, a million dollars is worth more than you and your entire family.\n\nGo back to school! Because you making 7-8 dllrs an hour has NOTHING to do with immigration!
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Statistics lie and liars use statistics.\n\nThe May Day boycott was "A Day Without Immigrants", not "A Day without Illegal Mexican Immigrants".  The people boycotting were both immigrants (legal and illegal) from all over the world and their supporters.  Their were many countries of origin represented, not just Mexico.\n\nNational retailers are not able to report on shoplifting stats in such a short amount of time: 10 days between the date of the boycott and the date of your posting is not enough time for individual retailers to perform inventory, file reports with their national office, and have the national offices report on their findings.  \n\nIf there was a 67.8% reduction in reported arrests for shoplifting on that day, then we should be thankful to our immigrants.  A reduction in arrests may be attributed to store security staff participating in the boycott.  So, the stores should be thankful for their immigrant supporting security staff that does such a wonderful job of catching shoplifters.  After all, when their immigrant supporting security staff are working, they catch 67.8% more shoplifters.\n\nAdditionally, by calling people "illegals" you are dehumanizing them.  This is similar to what has been done throughout history: people dehumanize groups of people to justify genocides.  The Germans, Austrians and Polish governments did it to the Jews; the Serbians did it to the Croations, the Tootsi's did it to the Hutus.  You are not the only one guilty of dehumanizing an entire group of people.  I just finally had to say something.  \n\nThe term "Illegals" is used to dehumanize immigrants to the United States of Mexican origin.  And, people will argue, "but they are illegal".  Many of them ARE legal, many are not.  But, we don't call Jaywalkers "illegals", even though they are doing something illegal.  Please refer to people who are here without proper paper work as "illegal immigrants" - this term is not dehumanizing.\n\n\n------------------\n\nAs for the other stats listed in the answers portion:\n\n1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L. A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. \n> Most eBay vendors don't pay taxes.  I didn't realize they were all in LA county.  Let's call all those eBayers who don't pay taxes "Illegals" too.  I love pulling statistical B.S. out of my tush.\n\n5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. \n> That's because they are arrested for being here illegally.\n\n6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages. \n> So what?  Wait! I thought they were all on welfare and living in HUD housing. Which is it?\n\n7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. \n> "Most likely"... now that's a good one to quote!\n\n8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. \n> Boyfriends, girlfriends, ex-husbands, roommates and youth over 18, and cousins aren't allowed in HUD housing - they are all illegal.... though not necessarily illegal immigrants.\n\n10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak \nSpanish (10.2 million people in L. A. County). \n> This is such a silly stat: probably about 3M out of the 3.9M speak both English and Spanish, so do we have 4M people in LA who are deaf, dumb and mute and speak no language?  Your numbers don't add up.\n\nOver 70% of the United States annual population growth \n> If we didn't have immigration, the population of the US would actually be decreasing due to a low birth rate. Since the birth rate makes the population decrease, of course the increase is due to immigration (and people living longer) \n \n29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens. \n> Makes sense if illegal aliens are
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Protest by writing letters to congress and stop buying Purdue chicken.  They have so many illegals there they had to shut down on May 1st.\n\nWe need a list of all companies that were forced to shut down on May 1st and then we need to stop buying their products.  Hit them where it hurts.
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Yes, sure I will stay at my house all day long. It is going to be a day that will show what would really happens if there where no immigrants. People say that we are bad for the economy so if this is true the economy will boom on that day.\n\nFirst some people say it is pointless but then they say that they will go and buy many things on that day. Confusing.....Isn't it? If they say that they will go and buy more things on that day is because they know that this boycott will affect the country. And then they say it is pointless! VERY CONFUSING...........................