Why are illegal immigrants demonstrating in our streets?
321319
Mexicans are desperate to live in the U.S – they always have and always will. The rich and magnificent neighbor to the North is like a drug that they can’t do without. Husbands and fathers leave their wives and children for years to come to the Promise Land. The choice is clear: live in a country that is corrupt, impoverished, with no future and teaming with disease; or come to a country that is paradise. This is a problem that will never go away. The ONLY solution is to take them over and make the country livable for them.
555953
I think it showed that they have no allegience to the US, or else they would not intentionally try to harm the economy.  However, I don't think they did...and this business about protesting until the government gives them their way...sounds like a temper tantrum to me..and one that needs to be stopped.  And this does not make me racist...it makes me sensible..illegal is illegal, period.  And to the people who are going to talk about the laws 200 years ago...times have changed, laws have changed.. Check out citizenship laws in Mexico...they don't allow illegal immigrants, much less give them drivers lisences, translate all into a foreign language for their convenience, or allow them to protest.
426945
Because they feel that they do really contribute to American society and that their contributions are being ignored when our government considers how to treat them. That's the idea behind the boycott--to show people in a concrete way how immigrants contribute.
370197
That would have been difficult, if not impossible. First, those demonstrations were in many different cities. Second, it's against the law to use the Army for police work (because of the posse comitatus act). Most importantly, though, many of those protesting were not immigrants. Some, many, were U.S. citizens protesting on the behalf of the immigrants. They're not required to carry proof of citizenship on them. so sorting them from the illegal immigrants would have been impossible. But even if all of those other things were not true, it would have been politically disastrous to round up mass quantities of people behving in an orderly manner.
401634
Ignor it and go about your business. It is important for citizens to do that in order to show the ILLEGAL's the door.
1020556
We don't want to keep immigrants out.  We want to keep ILLEGAL immigrants out.  There's a very important difference.
409914
Both UK and USA are being over run by third world people. Worse they think they are doing us a favor. I still can't figure that stupid statement out yet. \nMost of the ones we get are illegal they are out numbering the legals. We also have towns that are all one race you'd think you just crossed the southern border. We do have great weather but they aren't coming for that its welfare here too.
334034
The media estimates that almost ONE MILLION ILLEGAL FOREIGN MIGRANTS  and their advocates Militantly Marched in the streets of America under the flag of Mexico. Their agenda is for our FEDERAL LAWS TO BE IGNORED , and their Criminal Trespass into these sovereign United States to be rewarded with unlimited benefits that include the rights of American Citizenship! \n\nAs these large mobs of foreigners marched proudly under the flag of a foreign country to demand the right to live and prosper in the United States, they claimed that the issue is immigration. But their own actions reveal what is in fact a determined effort to FORCE Americans to ACCEPT LARGE FOREIGN COLONIES  in our midst, and to pay handsomely for the privilege of doing so. We have both the RIGHT and the moral MORAL OBLIGATION  to DEFEND AMERICA , and  JUST SAY NO !!!\n\n\nIt REALLY BURNS My *** That A Large Portion Of The Latin Community (Citizens And ILLEGAL ALIENS ALIKE) Are MARCHING On Our Cities Carrying The FLAG Of ANOTHER NATION , And DEMANDING The Rights Of AMERICAN Citizens... THAT Is The ICING On The Cake \n\nFolks .. You WANT To Be Treated Like AMERICANS Yet You Will Protest Under A FOREIGN FLAG ... And You Expect ME To RALLY With You And SUPPORT Your Cause??? \n\nI Think NOT.. Perhaps You Should Realize Exactly What It Is That You Are Trying To Accomplish... Because To ME It Looks Like An INVASION From A Foreign Army .. \n\nYou Wish To Become AMERICANS With The RIGHTS Of AMERICANS .. \nYet Many Of You REFUSE To SPEAK My/Our LANGUAGE\n \nAnd REFUSE To Honor My/Our Flag\nBy WAVING YOURS In My FACE\nAnd WALKING On MINE??? \n\nWell I REFUSE To Let YOU Continue To Burden My Pocket \nAnd The Pockets Of My AMERICAN BROTHERS Of ANY DESCENT
313681
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.
226656
As it stands right now,illegals are here in this country and no one knows their whereabouts or who they are,in places like Chicago some with criminal records have taken over the street gangs,they are used as shooters against other gangs and as enforcers for extortion against small buisnesses,since there is no record who or where they are the law in many cases can't find them since most will flee back to mexico for awhile till things die down,an identification would at least show who is in this country criminal or otherwise.
627381
This will not happen, because the US will not let it. The US has become aware of this problem and will take steps to avoid this.  Since the illegals have made themselves noticed by protesting for their rights, now the American people have taken notice and will pressure our government to take action.
544429
i don't think we should, i think it is BS.  I was driving around to day and saw all everyone out protesting.  The cops had to be out there making sure noting happened, great use of our tax dollars, the officers should have been checking to make sure all the people were legal and if not put them on a bus and ship them back
315605
They ARE NOT racist.  That's just another excuse illegals use to justify breaking the law.\n\nJoin the opposition of illegal immigrants\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com
354900
Wildfl0wer seems to be on this kick that since the US is the land of the free with justice for all that illegals can march into the country and do whatever the hell they feel like. Sadly, this common viewpoint, is however wrong. And very much so. \n\nNo, we are not all immigrants, no we did not all immigrate to the US at one point in time. Most africans were brought here as slaves, while quite a few irish and other caucasian nationalities were brought over as cheap labor or indentured servants. Others are descendents from the multitude of families that were the original founding families of this nation. In all cases that doesn't make them immigrants. This is just an ignorant pro-immigration arguement that is as tired as the day is long...\n\nYes, we would pick fruit and clean houses. Guess what, prior to the surge of illegal immigration and cheap under-the-table labor that the criminals(and you are criminals, you broke the law by coming here) brought to the states American citizens preformed those jobs on a daily basis. Don't believe you're special just because your people now seem to have the perverbial market cornered on that type of labor industry. We did it before, and I guarentee you that there are legal US citizens right now who would be damned happy to have that job.\n\nAnd onto the topic at hand, do these criminals have a right to protest? No, they do not. They have no rights as far as I'm concerned. They've done nothing to earn any rights or privledges other then the cost of a tank of gas to export them back to where they came from. \n\nIf we were to protest in half the countries that illegals come from we would be jailed or worse. \n\nAnd don't fool yourselves, when you're crying out against any sort of law that is pre-established by the governing system you are in fact protesting against that very government because they were the ones to make it. Don't try to cop an excuse that you're not protesting the government, just the law because they are the same thing. Any other belief is a fallacy of logic.\n\nUntil you have a green card that says you're a citizen, you have no rights or freedoms granted by the contstitution. And depending on your line of work, even then they don't apply to you. What gives me the right to even say this? Freedom of speech, because I *AM* a US citizen. And my job gives me the right because every day I go out to defend it against the people of this world who would like nothing more then to see America in ashes. \n\nI, personally, am tired of tax payer dollars wasted on those who don't pay taxes. The money spent to educate these criminals has much better potential of use by making changes and reforms in our existing education system and raising that to a level that's comprable to the rest of the world. Quit wasting money on illegals, put it to good use teaching our legal children.
722338
Its a boycott to show what the US would be like without immigrants, I guess their parents took them to a protest
909883
They're looking for something to run to the ACLU about.\nWe aren't racist, we just have common sense.\nAnd we are tired of feeding the lazy.
537018
If they're illegal, they have no right to be waving the American Flag when protesting the consequences of their illegal actions.  If they're legal immigrants, they have as much right to wave the flag as I do, and my ancestors came to America in the late 1600's. (We missed the Mayflower---lol)