Immigrants Rights Groups Plan Mobilization Against Republicans

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Immigrants rights groups have made a major push for the DREAM Act, with rallies around the country and scores of calls to senators. Now that a Republican filibuster killed chances of the DREAM Act as part of the defense authorization bill, some immigration reform advocates plan to mobilize against candidates who opposed the DREAM Act to keep them out of office in November.

Fair Immigration Reform Movement partners said on a conference call today they plan to use the DREAM Act filibuster to campaign against Republican candidates.

“Yesterday’s vote was really unprecedented, and it effectively was a filibuster of immigration reform,” Rudy Lopez of Campaign for Community Change said. “That’s how the community sees it, and they’re not happy about it.”

The groups plan to canvass a number of states across the country — including Iowa, Nevada, Illinois, Colorado and Florida — to talk to voters about the need for immigration reform and encourage Latino voters to vote for progressive candidates.

“The position of Republicans on issues most dear to immigrants have gone from a disappointment to a disgrace,” said Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

The mobilization will include a media campaign, an online outreach effort and  “hundreds of thousands” of live phone calls and mailers.

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Mrscrashsmith
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:34 pm

illegal immigrants do not have any rights as far as I am concerned. I am tired of taking care of the Anchor babies and all of the people that do not belong here in the first place. I am tired of taking care of the world at the expense of my family. Get out of my checkbook!


LMAO
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:50 pm

Deport all illegals they are a drain on our system


Roscoe
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:51 pm

Dead on!


Jason Swanson
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

Face it “Immigrant rights groups” won't be happy until our country has no law and resembles the slums of Mexico. Fix your own country before you wreck ours.


Bandemann
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

What idiots you are…LEGAL immigrants number more than illegals and could easily defeat the GOP…I am with them.


Dandini
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

ILLEGAL is I-L-L-E-G-A-L.

Breaking the Law.

CRIMINAL.

committing a CRIME.

Most true US citizens do not support breaking the law? Ever.

Change it the way it should be changed. LEGALLY.


GUEST
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

Are you a native american Mrscrashsmith :)


Benjamin
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:55 pm

I kinda knew the Republicans would be in trouble after yesterday…Stalling the Dream Act for over 9 years was a big mistake..


daveling
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:55 pm

Let me guess- you're either a Sioux or a Choctaw, right?


Vodojax
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 5:56 pm

WHEN THE MAJORITY DON'T VOTE THE MINORITY ILLEGALS RULE


Toxic Avenger
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

The only “rights” illegals have is the right to remain silent, and that anything the person says will be used against that person in court; the person must be clearly informed that he or she has the right to consult with an attorney and to have that attorney present during questioning, and that, if he or she is indigent, an attorney will be provided at no cost to represent her or him.


Doug
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

Have you guys every look at Mexico's immigration laws? Seriously, it's called sovereignty. Check it out, all the hip countries are doing it!


Lamcc51
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:01 pm

Stop the if your not an Indian than your not an original citizen anyway craspp. The Indians were defeated and a new country was born. Now those born in that neew country called USA are citizens, as are Indians (anyone born here legally isn ow a native American). Immigrants and let's face it mexicans sereve no purpose but to clog up our welfare and court system. Oh sure a few pick in the fields, but they shold then go home after that. And by the way other mexicans who live here legally can have their children pick in the fields. Most of them do not have an appreciatin for educatin anyway. now people willn ot like what I am saying BUT IT IS FACT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MEXICANS WHO LIVEIN THE USA, CITIZENS OR NOT. Notice I di dnot say they were bad becasueof this, but let us face facts where facts are available.


stegmundo
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:02 pm

I am a Native American and feel that if you enter MY country illegally you have no rights other than to LEAVE and apply legally like the thousands upon thousands of leagal immigrants. Who made illegal immigrants better than any one else?


Pvon
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:03 pm

Amazing how we are the only nation that allows criminals to protest against us. Wonder why we're going down the toilet?


John316_2789
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

It was once ILLEGAL to teach a black man to read and write. You sir are a Lethargic Racist Asshole. Get off your ass and read a fucking book. Since you Obviously haven't even read your holy book start their. Read on about compassion and mercy! You associate yourself with Christianity but don't practice it it would be best that you placed a rope around your neck and hung yourself like Iscariot! The true crime is Racism! No one is making Canadian Immigration a scandal. Why Latinos?????? I wonder Why?


John316_2789
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

It was once ILLEGAL to teach a black man to read and write. You sir are a Lethargic Racist Asshole. Get off your ass and read a fucking book. Since you Obviously haven't even read your holy book start their. Read on about compassion and mercy! You associate yourself with Christianity but don't practice it it would be best that you placed a rope around your neck and hung yourself like Iscariot! The true crime is Racism! No one is making Canadian Immigration a scandal. Why Latinos?????? I wonder Why?


Steve Hanes
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

Best news I've heard all day. Rout the racist Republicans and run'em out of our country.

Amazing how we are the only nation that allows conservative corporate criminals to run our government ( if you ignore the success of the NSDAP in Germany) Wonder why we're going down the toilet?


Toxic Avenger
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

Some cheese for your WHINE?

“VOTE DEMOCRAT, IT'S EASIER THAN WORKING”


Lamcc51
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:13 pm

Becasue someone wants to have all epole abide by the lawso f our country they are racist. That is the excuse used by criminals and left winged liberals who only have their personal interests in mind. And when they say of tha tis not true or you are a racist than it proves they have to protect their opinions which theyu know is wrong.


Poltergeist_186
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:13 pm

Because the amount of people coming across the mexico border illegally is an actual problem dipshit. And don't give me that crap about everyone has the right to pursue happiness. As with anyone they should only be allowed to pursue happiness legally.


spaceman109
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:14 pm

Wow, i didn't read a single thing in Dandini's post that indicated he was Christian but you are obviously prejudiced against them to the point that you assume anyone who does not share your views must be one. Well sir, i am decidedly NOT Christian and i think you are WRONG. And your comparison to black people is completely inappropriate, We (the white people of long ago) went to Africa and forcefully removed these people from their families and subjugated them to all sorts of horrors. The Mexicans on the other hand came over here OF THEIR FREE WILL, we owe them nothing!


Alwekqlwit
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:16 pm

Become legal citizens and then there is no problem. Anything else is illegal, period!!!

This is the frame of mind illegals are in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoAuk76fT8


Poltergeist_186
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

Lol. Silly liberal. Trix are for fence hopping Mexicans who want to be Americans but really are not so they break the laws that every country has to pretend to be Americans and get Actual pussy Americans to feel sorry for them when they are caught and punished.


sxp998
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:28 pm

“Immigrants rights groups have made a major push…”

No. Supporters of illegal migration are making this push. Illegal migrants are NOT immigrants! However the media constantly tries to conflate the two.


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zentelligent
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:39 pm

That is an American mentality that has not grown in a hundred years — Intellectually, morally and spiritually childish.


tropunlim
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:40 pm

Republicans don't like it very much when the liberals start to fight back!

You just crossed a line and woke up a sleeping bear!


Jdhoag
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:40 pm

What a garbage article. The fact that an immigration act is being pushed through on a defense authorization bill shows that this all about deception and smoke screens. Let these kind of bills go to the floor on their own and see what how fast it would get shot down. The real outcry should be about all the crap that get shoved into big bills that have nothing to do with the main subject of the bill.


LipstickOnAPig
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:41 pm

“Immigrants Rights Groups Plan Mobilization Against Republicans”

Well bless their little anti american self entitled hearts! They'll need to scare people about the republicans in order to offset the gay democrats they just screwed over! DADT repeal was always opposed by republicans, they'd have no problem overturning it, The Scheme Act is what torpedoed the bill. My liberal gay tuchas will turn out and vote against anyone that supports that Scheme Act. The scheme act cost gay america the repeal of DADT, although I suspect the “DREAMERS” are pointing fingers at us gay folks (LOL), either way, someone is successfully using a “divide and conquer” technique on the electorate….guess who? *giggles*


patriot
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:41 pm

“Immigrants Rights Groups Plan Mobilization Against Republicans” Very misleading headline. Should read Illegal Immigrants with their hands out protest conservative American values. Please quit lumping the illegals in with the law abiding immigrants, who have gone through the process, and followed the law to come to this country for a better life. As a Naturalized US citizen, I am disgusted at the gall of these illegals to come here and demand anything! Go home, and do it the right way, then you will understand what the land of opportunity is all about. Also, I haven't met a legal hispanic immigrant yet, who is in favor of this crap.


Righton
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:45 pm

Please go back to Mexico or whereever you came from and fix your own country….we do not need your help here at all….we came here legally and deserve the rights and laws of this great country.We all became Americans when we legally became citizens. We didn't expect that America would become the country we came from!!!!


Markblues07
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:46 pm

It's funny how they don't mention this was a Military funding bill that had bipartisan support,until Reid added the Don't ask don't tell part and he added the DREAM act to it. Both shouldn't have been in there and that is why both Republicans and Democrats voted against this. If the Democrats really cared about both the Hispanics and gays they would have these bills out there by themselves to see who really supports them or not. Don't add them to a defense funding bill and get mad when people don't play that game…. idiots.


Correct_your_post
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

You are wrong. This is the definition in the dictionary
IMMIGRANT
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there


Markblues07
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

and besides the Hispanics and gays should both realize that the Democrats don't care about them except for the fact that they are VOTING blocks…


Nathan
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 6:50 pm

Tea party aka Republican don't like everything!! From condom, masturbation, health care, social security, education, gays, immigrant, Jews, other relegion, Mexican and other race (incl blacks and Asian), witchcraft, US government and 10 miles list of NO..

I am wondering why they still live here? Go and move to CUBA or Russia!!!


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Benjamin
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

If you dont have a job on Monday, they deport all illegals on Tuesday chances are you still wont have a job on Wednesday.. was it the illegals that told companys to shut down and move out of the country? The Illegals must have somehow messed up the housing market?…I guess it's best to visit the parent's sin upon the child that had no choose but to follow.


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ra
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 11:43 pm

Go on and push more till the republicans or opposition group etc. tea partiers will be stunned and wake up to reality that Dreamers will prevail. God Bless everyone and I pray that God will not punish the opposition but realized their mistake and repent!


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Comment posted September 23, 2010 @ 6:28 pm

Illigals are not organizing for anything it's chicano's who want these progressives, because they will bring the socialist agenda(welfare) to America just like Mexico. Somewhere along the line hispanics lost there way, we were hard working, family oriented, religious, anti-government, even anti-abortion all conservative values. It used to be true amongst hispanics your were born a democrat(not liberal) then you became Americanized grew up and should have become consevative, but htis new hate for Rebublicans has thwarfted thier minds and now want to vote for progressives, can they not understand how bad liberals policies are for America. If you can't except that your an American with American values vallense para Mexico.


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