California Conservative

AP reports: Florentino Cruz, an illegal worker from Mexico, joined hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights supporters in rallies across the nation, holding a sign with a simple message: “The USA is made of immigrants like me.”

The protests Monday were the culmination of more than two weeks of mounting pressure for federal lawmakers to overhaul America’s immigration policies.

“Before the marches, they only saw us as criminals. Now they are changing, but still not enough,” said Renato Cuchillo, 50, an undocumented Mexican factory worker in Los Angeles.

Note to Cuchillo: You’re “undocument” which means “illegal” which means criminal. Next spokesman…

Rallies were held from New York and Boston to Houston and Phoenix, to Seattle and San Francisco, and dozens of other communities. There was even a small but active group in Alaska.

“This is bigger than the civil rights movement in the sixties. This is huge,” New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday on CBS’ “The Early Show.”

“What this is building is enormous pressure on the Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill — tighten border security, more border patrol agents, secure the border from drugs and illegal traffic, but also a sensible legalization plan that brings the 11 million undocumented workers out of the shadows,” he said.

Behold, the rhetoric of Washington.

Note to Richardson: Looks like they’re already “out of the shadows” — and demanding rights they do not deserve.

Funny thing about being an illegal alien in a nation that doesn’t enforce it’s existing immigration laws: you’ve got nothing to lose by crying out for more.

UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin shows us what behind all the flag waving…
“The Signs You Didn’t See”

Much more on immigration. (Start scrolling)

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