Protesting illegal immigration laws

Watching the news the past couple of days I witnessed lots of Latin people protesting the proposed new federal legislation that would make being an illegal immigrant a felony. Massive protests have been taking place in Wisconsin, Arizona and California just to mention a few. Thousands upon thousands have taken to the streets, sidewalks and courthouse squares in protest. It is amazing. It is impressive. And it reminds me of America done past.

These Latin immigrants are marching, protesting and standing up for "their" America.
You probably remember it don't you? You know the land of the free and the home of the brave.
A country full of hope instead of fear. A country where the citizenry are engaged. Wait a second that's not us that's them.

My position on illegal immigration is firm. I am against illegal immigration. But I am for less bureaucracy concerning legal immigration. It should not be so cumbersome to become a legal immigrant. Our national security can be put at risk with illegal immigration. And our working class jobs are put at risk by employers who hire cheaper waged illegal immigrants like you know, Bush's friends corporate America does. Bush is the one pushing for a guest worker program. He says illegal immigrants will do the jobs that Americans won't do. Hogwash! Pay American wages and American workers will do American jobs. I would not posit that Latinos are a big threat to our national security. But with unfettered illegal immigration it is possible that fundamentalist Islamic jihadist may enter to harm us.

The previous paragraph touches on the two things that Americans actually seem to be engaged about. Illegal immigration and national security. Although many stupid Americans don't follow the national security issue through far enough to realize that the Democrats have offered 6 pieces of legislation to strengthen port security since 2001 and the republican controlled congress keeps shooting them down. Stupid Americans don't realize that the Democrats have called for guarding our nuclear power plants, protecting our borders, checking all airline cargo, checking cargo that enters our ports, refuse to sell our ports to terrorists nations like Bush tried etc. to keep us safe. The republican controlled congress with all of its power and chairmanship of all committees won't even let the Democrats bring these proposals to vote. The republicans are great about claiming the Democrats don't have a plan. The Democrats have lots of ideas and a solid plan. You just don't here about it because the republicans won't let you hear them. And the media is just a mouth piece for the republican party these days. Enough on that for now I digress.

Back to the protesting of the Latinos here in many major U.S. cities that has been and still is taking place over the past couple of days. What a novel idea it seems to me to exercise free speech and the right to assemble. What next? Will they attempt to exercise a right to petition our government? The next thing you know they will be expecting the Bill of Rights to protect them from warrantless wiretaps and illegal searches and seizures. Where in the hay do they think they are anyways, Old America? I can just see what the next few days and months may hold. Illegal immigrants acting like Americans standing up for their rights, well Americans the way they used to act. You know when they actually cared about free speech and the right to assemble. Americans used to be proud to live in a country with free speech, the right to assemble, the right to petition government where they could be free from illegal wiretaps and illegal searches and seizures. I thought that is what was meant by "proud to be an American." I didn't realize that it meant proud that we could invade sovereign nations that posed no threat to us, had no links to 911 or weapons of mass destruction and murder innocent babies, children and women.

We American citizens have been apathetic and have done nothing while our civil liberties have been stripped of us. We allowed a president and his people to Lie us into an illegal war so we could kill and maim thousands upon thousands of innocent babies, children and women and we don't even protest. Instead we re elected the bastard and his republican congress. We Americans don't care about free speech, the right to assemble, the right to petition our government or the fact that we are being illegally wiretapped and suffering illegal searches and seizures. Free speech zones replaced free speech and Americans don't protest. Our right to peacefully assemble has been narrowed down to "zones away from the government official and out of the public's eye" and Americans don't protest. Bush has been breaking the law with his warrantless wiretaps and illegal searches and seizures and Americans don't protest. The Bush administration left thousand upon thousands of Americans stranded on roof tops in New Orleans without water or food for five days and left to die and Americans did not protest. The Bush administration outed a CIA covert op for political gain and absolutely jeopardized national security and Americans did not protest.

Why in the world do you Americans care about the illegal immigration of the Latinos? Are you afraid that they may have the moxy, the humphspa to stand up for our Constitution. Are you afraid that they might resurrect the Bill of Rights? Are you afraid that they might show us like they are showing us now that Americans have a right to question their government. Are you afraid that they will insist upon checks and balances in our government like our forefathers intended and allowed for? Are you afraid that these illegal Latino immigrants just might be better Americans than you? Are you afraid that their actions prove that they are better custodians of our democracy than you?

Maybe we need these illegal Latino immigrants to save us from ourselves and our apathy.
Maybe, just maybe, we should start fighting for our democracy before it is taken from us not by the illegal Latino immigrants but by the right wing republican fascist that are in complete control now.