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Thu Jul 3, 2014, 12:10 AM Jul 2014

Freedom Riders



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TRUTH MT @3ChicsPolitico: 1961 Freedom Riders in Jim Crow South / 2014 immigrant kids in #Murrieta CA. Look familiar?


related:

Protesters Hound Buses Of Immigrant Children: ‘Nobody Wants You’
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/07/02/3455678/protesters-block-families-children-buses/

Protesters chant ‘U-S-A’ while blocking buses full of immigrant women and children

“Send them back to their countries,” one unidentified male protester told KFMB. “Send them back to where they came from.”

It’s not clear if the demonstrators realized, however, that the purpose of facilities like the one in Murrieta is to help authorities prepare to send the immigrants leave the U.S., and to account for individuals who could pose flight risks. But because the protesters blocked the buses, they were shuttled out of the area and taken to a similar center in San Ysidro, close to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they arrived late Tuesday afternoon.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/01/protesters-chant-u-s-a-while-blocking-buses-full-of-immigrant-women-and-children/

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Freedom Riders (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2014 OP
God bless the Freedom Riders. Screw the Border Klan scaring women and children. Hoyt Jul 2014 #1
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