Day of Action for Immigrant Justice
Monday, April 10th is being labeled as “The National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice” and there are going to be protests and marches nationwide demanding fair treatment of illegal immigrants. Since SF has pledged to not enforce the federal immigration laws I’m guessing that it should be more of a party than a protest here in the city. Elsewhere though I’d expect it’s going to get huge and huge fast. So plan your travel accordingly and if you can, get out and join in. After-all, unless you’re Native American we’re all immigrants in some form. More information can be found here. The following is the list of local events happening on Monday:
San Francisco
Time: 11:00AM
Location: 24th and Mission
Details: San Francisco Press Conference
Contact Name: Louise Herrera
Contact Phone: 415-724-2426Berkeley
Time: 12:00pm
Location: UC Berkeley - Sproul Plaza (near Bancroft & Telegraph)
Details: Rally and march
Contact Name: Contact - BAMN Bay Area
Contact Phone: 510-502-5072Oakland
Time: 9:00AM
Location: St. Louis Beltran Church at 1410 100th Ave. and International Blvd. to Oakland Federal Building
Details: Caminata por la Dignidad - procession
Contact Name: J. Rodriguez - St. Louis Beltran Church
Contact Phone: 510-469-7785Sacramento
Time: 10:00AM
Location: Southside Park (corner of 8th & T Street)
Event Details: Rally & teach-in, followed by a march
Contact Name: Campaign Against Unjust Immigration Laws
Contact Phone: 916-443-3424
Contact Email zapa@zsc.orgSan Jose
Time: Arrive at 3:00PM, march begins at 3:45PM
Location: Story and King Road
Details: March
Contact Name: Patty Diaz - SIREN/ SEIU 1877
Contact Phone: 408-453-3003 x 106
Contact Email: patty@siren-bayarea.org
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Great, when’s the march demonstrating for fair Border Enforcement? That’s the one I will be attending
The law is justice–simple and clear, precise and bounded. Every eye can see it, and every mind can grasp it; for justice is measurable, immutable, and unchangeable. Justice is neither more than this nor less than this. If you exceed this proper limit–if you attempt to make the law religious, fraternal, equalizing, philanthropic, industrial, literary, or artistic–you will then be lost in an uncharted territory, in vagueness and uncertainty, in a forced utopia or, even worse, in a multitude of utopias, each striving to seize the law and impose it upon you. This is true because fraternity and philanthropy, unlike justice, do not have precise limits. Once started, where will you stop? And where will the law stop itself?
-Frederic Bastiat, The Law
Is it immigrant justice or is it what it is, illegal entry? What a shame the citizens of Mexico are not marching to make their homeland livable.-Joann
So, what causes SF not to have to follow the law? This is not an accussentative (sp?) question but rather just a real one…Isn’t this a federal law?
We have kind of a rogue Mayor.
I’m utterly amazed that simply mandating that illegal immigrants either follow procedure for naturalization or be sent back to their home country is seen as an act of racism and/or inhumane treatment. And why is this reform just for Mexican immigrants. Why are other nationals held to the criteria for immigration? If you’re allowing one group to openly flaunt the law then open the door to others as well. And for those individuals who’ve spent thousands of dollars and waited countless years for citizenship, offer a full refund and apology for wasting their time and money.
Has common sense no place in this argument?
No other country would be so daft as to allow a group of people who’ve entered their nation illegally, made no attempt to become citizens, many never bother to learn the language or culture,yet somehow through it all have become victims and placed a major guilt trip on the government.
There really is one born every minute.
Actually, many many other countries deal with immigration issues similar to ours. Contrary to popular belief, America is not the ONLY country to which people wish to migrate.
As far as why SF doesn’t need to follow federal law - it does. SF residents or followers of national news may recall that one time that SF tried to say “nah, we don’t buy that whole supremacy argument” with regard to state law and marriage between same-sex couples. Similar concept: state law trumps local law, federal law trumps both.
So, while politically (and some would argue morally) SF makes the right move by saying we won’t enforce federal laws (which, by the way, unless I’m more behind on US news than I thought - which I easily may be - hasn’t yet been enacted) legally, SF has no recourse to refuse to enforce laws (though filing suit might be tricky by those who would want a law enforced).
Someone also asked why this is a Mexican immigrant issue only. It isn’t. But from an enforcement point of view, if you get stopped for something in the street or ever encounter a situation where your citizenship *could* be questioned at all, that question is more likely to come up if you’re not caucasian. If you’re Asian, Indian, Mexican, Central American, if you speak with an accent, etc, those questions might come up. So Canadians who have snuck in might get a pass, but US-born, browner-skinned people would have to carry a passport around.
Think about it: do YOU carry proof of citizenship with you at all times?
In following up on the previous post.
If it’s an enforcement issue, why is this not a multi-national protest demanding immigration reform. While the system is not perfect it is what it is and other nationals understand the process that is required and follow suite.
Every country applies a lengthy and highly beauratic immigration process. However, any person (s) wishing to immigrate legally understands they must abide by the process.
It’s very simple. If you want to live in a country, you obide by the laws of that nation. Why is that such a barrier for the Hispanic population and apparently no one else. The system isn’t perfect but I’ve yet to witness any other group openly defying the rules.
I’ve yet to hear a rational explaination why one group feels they should receive an excemption from the immigration process above other nationalities.
It’s extremely unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who have spent years and a great deal finacially to have legal residency only to witness this escapade that is being played out.