Latin immigrants to boycott illegal activity
The “immigrants” in Prince William County, VA, in probably one of the strangest boycotts in history, are planning on ceasing illegal activity there for a week to teach the legal residents of the county a lesson, according to the Washington Examiner’s Dan Gentz;
The Hispanic immigrant population in Prince William County is considering a major business boycott to protest a new county resolution aimed at making it easier to deport illegal immigrants and banning them from receiving some government services.
The four-week boycott on purchases from nonimmigrant merchants would be the centerpiece of a broader, coordinated response to the resolution that may also include a one-day work stoppage.
Details still have to be worked out and will be announced Tuesday, said Ricardo Juarez, a coordinator with Mexicanos Sin Fronteras. The boycott may be set for Aug. 27 through Sept. 23.
Um, how does one become “Mexicans Without Borders” without a border? Mexico is a country that has borders, dumbass. So a Mexican would have to come from that political entity called Mexico that is clearly delineated with borders. Mexico is not a race.
Reminds me of a line from a really bad movie I saw once “Yeah, I’ve been to Brazil, Honduras, Argentina – all of those Mexican countries”.
But, to the boycott; I don’t understand that either. Ya gotta eat, so all of the boycotters will stock up the week before the boycott, and then restock after the boycott – so what’s the point? Or is there a point?
Pamela Constable of the Washington Post reports on the disorganized organization attempts to organize;
Latinos in Prince William County, angered and panicked by a county resolution to crack down on illegal immigrants, are swiftly banding together against what they see as an assault on their community. They vowed this week to block the resolution through a boycott, a petition drive and possibly a labor strike or lawsuit.
At packed public meetings in three towns this week, organizers signed up volunteers, circulated petitions, set up a hotline for reports of discrimination and announced a campaign of phone calls and e-mails to county officials. They also said they would organize caravans to visit Loudoun County and other communities where Latinos feel targeted.
So let me get this straight; these lawbreakers are going to teach the residents of Loudon and Prince William County a lesson by ceasing their illegal activity for a week? Of course, we need the debate about illegal aliens muddied by confusing legal aliens with those here illegally;
Jose Orellana, a 24-year-old El Salvadoran who moved to Manassas Park four years ago with a permit to work, said he turned out Thursday night because of concerns about the county’s resolution.
“It doesn’t make sense. Everybody came into this country to work and everybody pays taxes,” Orellana said.
Um, Jose, you have a work permit – you’re here legally. You don’t have a dog in this fight. You’re defending people who didn’t bother to get the right paperwork – people we can’t keep track of. How are they paying taxes, Jose? Sales tax? Possibly. Income tax? Not likely.
But many legal Latino residents at the three meetings said they feared the resolution would also make them targets of police harassment and official hostility. They said they believed its true aim is to make life difficult for Latinos.
“We are all worried about these new laws,” said Marta Manzanares, 25, a legal resident from El Salvador who attended the Woodbridge meeting with her husband, a construction worker; their two small sons; and about 500 other Latinos. “Maybe our children will have to leave school and become illiterate. . . . We came out here to buy a house and have a quiet life. Maybe now we can lose that, too.”
Come on, Marta. When has anything like that happened to legal and law abiding residents in this country? That’s just hyperbole and you know it. In fact, both the Post and Examiner stories just call the group “latins”. Loudon and Prince William County are trying to stop crime – if you’re a legal resident you have nothing to fear. When I travel in Latin America, I always carry my passport and visas and travel papers – what’s the big deal about you carrying yours?
My wife always has her Resident Alien card in her purse and she certainly doesn’t fear being deported. Nor my step-daughter, nor her daughter. This is all bluster to confuse the discussion as a race issue when it’s a legal issue. We deport all kinds of people we catch here illegally. And Hillary Clinton panders to them, too.
From the Post story;
“We are like a sleeping elephant,” said Elmer Arias, president of the D.C.-based Salvadoran American Chamber of Commerce. “We who are citizens have good jobs and become comfortable. We forget that we have benefited from the community and that we have the obligation to help our people.”
Elmer, you also have an obligation to contribute to the security of the nation that has created the environment in which you can prosper and be comfortable. I’ll have pity for you when you put the national security of the United States before petty things like language and race.
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I love how the people interviewed here are all legal. If this comes out, it will be indeed interesting to see the economic effect on this county. To be sure, illegal immigrants do have an impact on the local economy, the thing is, I don’t know that their work is irreplaceable. What I mean to say is, that I would estimate that there are probably a sufficient number of American citizen who are capable of doing the work. The question is, are those Americans willing to do said jobs. This is one of the things which bugs me most about many Americans: their sense of entitlement. Just because one is an American citizen does not mean that he will receive everything on a silver platter. The whole principle of the American dream is based –or at least was at one time– on meritocracy. One works hard, one gets ahead. In my estimation this is not at all a difficult concept to grasp. It just really bugs me that many people sit on their laurels, don’t do anything but complain, and then wonder why so many illegal immigrants are here…They’re here because the lazy American can’t get off his high horse to put himself in the position to get ahead. On both sides of my family previous generations have done just that. Don’t tell me that the American dream doesn’t exist or that it’s too hard, I am living proof of it, and I refuse to let people insult my family and what they have done. Wow Jonn, sorry for the rant! Hope all is well. Greetings from DC.  Jonn Lilyea wrote: Welcome back, Kate. I knew you were back – the sun is brighter and the air is fresher. Feel free to rant whenever you feel the urge. The problem here in DC is that immigrants do actually do the jobs Americans won’t do – because many of the Americans here in DC all think they deserve jobs with suits and ties and they just won’t work if they don’t get one of those jobs – whether they’re qualified or… Read more »
I propose a counter boycott. I plan to drive from Maryland to make purchases if this boycott takes effect. Wouldn’tit be great if Prince William actually did BETTER!. I live in Prince George’s County. In the last three times I went to the grocery store, latinos in front of me who didn’t speak a word of English used food stamps to buy bags and bags of food. These were for children. While I wouldn’t want children to go hungry, I also note there were more on the way as well as several in tow, which no doubt my taxes will also support. I would like to see my taxes work for me.
Really they do jobs Americans won’t? What cool aid have you been drinking? Blacks have a 20% unemployment rate. I just read in the Washington Post that an illegal gets $17 an hour for waving the flag on road construction. That’s more than a lot of Americans make. Americans expect to get paid a living wage. Coming from Latin American, this is a fortune. The unemployment rate is measured by those on unemployment. After the benefits stop, they aren’t counted any more. This is an assault on American workers. Law of supply and demand.
Jonn Lilyea wrote: You obviously went off half-cocked before reading my entire response, Other. I said they do jobs that Americans won’t because many of the Americans in the DC area would prefer to receive welfare and unemployment benefits than work at ANY job. I know what the unemployment rate is in DC – it’s not because there’s a lack of jobs – it’s because there’s a lack of gumption.
To answer your intial question, I prefer grape Koolaid.