Wow... This Photo Speaks Volumes

[WillyT]

In case you can't make it out, the protester is holding a sign that has cartoon figures of the Pilgrims with the words "Anchor Babies"


Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, left, talks about efforts by state legislators to propose legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, as protester Abraham Venzor-Hernandez, of the Puente movement, stands in the background during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in Phoenix. The efforts come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
(AP)

Story here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11918346

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[Kadie]

1. Here are larger pics...

I found them earlier, then forgot to post them! :D :hi:



Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, left, talks during a news conference about efforts by state legislators to propose legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, as protester Abraham Venzor-Hernandez, of the Puente movement, stands in the background Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in Phoenix. The efforts by the state legislators come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.


Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, left, talks about efforts by state legislators to propose legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, as protester Abraham Venzor-Hernandez, of the Puente movement, stands in the background during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in Phoenix. The efforts come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.

[pinboy3niner]

2. K&R

[spanone]

3. ignorance sucks

[pinboy3niner]

5. In Pearce's case, bigotry sucks, too! nt

[TexasObserver]

4. recommend

[Historic NY]

6. I'm often amazed that they claim they illegal immigrant citizenship crap....

I'd be willing to bet heavily that many of the biggest complainers actually have illegals in they family trees. It was pretty easy to avoid rules of detection many years ago, hence families had matriarchs or patriarchs that were not here legally. Slipping across the border is as old as this country. today it comes down to the color of skin. In the not too distant past it was if you were a greasy Puerto Rican, Italian, Pollack, an Irish trash, German, Slovak, or a Jew. It goes on if people really want to spend some time researching.

[NBachers]

8. Potato Famine Irish here

And the story on my dad's German side is that one of the ancestors came here to avoid the draft in one of those interminable wars they were always getting into. He mailed his passport back to Germany, and his brother came over on that one.

OH, the shame the shame of my family!

[Historic NY]

Most immigrant subgroups were tramped down on, even by their own kind....

people need to look into their own past before they attack others.

[Historic NY]

10. Most immigrant subgroups were tramped down on, even by their own kind....

people need to look into their own past before they attack others.

[Drale]

7. Yeap the Pilgrims

where the first illegal immigrants. They settled way north of where their charter said they could settle.

[jillan]

9. I wish bad things would happen to that man. Unfortunately that's the only way Az is going to get

rid of him. He's a mormon legislator in a mormon district - they'll never vote him out. He's in one of the reddest areas of this state.

[spin]

11. Why do we not have immigration reform?

It infuriates me that our party had control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency and we failed to pass this important legislation. Now, the experts are saying that the Republicans will probably take back control of the House and the chances of passing immigration reform will be extremely slim.

Many immigrants from Mexico pay enormous amounts of money and risk their lives to cross our border to find work in our country. Here they are treated by many companies as slave labor, mistreated and forced to work long long for little pay.

How many more years or even decades will we allow this to continue?

We Stand for Immigration Reform

America has a long and rich heritage of immigration. Democrats have always embraced our country’s diversity, but we also recognize that our current immigration system is broken. In recent years, debate about immigration has often been portrayed as a false choice between amnesty and mass deportation. The real debate over immigration is whether we keep a broken system that undermines our economy and national security or whether we work together to fix it.

***snip***

For years, Democrats have attempted to work across the aisle to pass comprehensive legislation. We need to bring the 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and create a legal, fair, and economically viable system that holds both immigrants and employers accountable and finally to ensure that our borders are safe.

Democrats support comprehensive reform grounded in the principles of responsibility and accountability:

* Responsibility from the federal government to secure our borders: The Obama Administration has dedicated unprecedented resources to securing our borders and reducing the flow of illegal traffic in both directions.
* Responsibility from unscrupulous businesses that break the law: Employers who exploit undocumented workers undermine American workers, and they have to be held accountable.
* Responsibility from people who are living in the United States illegally: Undocumented workers who are in good standing must admit that they broke the law, pay taxes and a penalty, learn English, and get right with the law before they can get in line to earn their citizenship.

An orderly, controlled border and an immigration system designed to meet our economic needs are important pillars of a healthy and robust economy. Comprehensive immigration reform is essential to continue the tradition of innovation that immigrants have brought to the American economy and to ensure a level playing field for American workers. We must never lose compassion for those who wish to improve their lives through self-determination and the realization of America’s promise.
http://www.democrats.org/issues/immigration_reform