Is it true that in May all the illegal immigrants are going to boycott work & school to demand Amnesty?
454257
There Are 300 Million People In This Nation That Go To School And Work And Shop And Buy Gas And Groceries EVERYDAY\n\nIf 15 Or So Million Of Them Take The Day Off And "BOYCOTT" The Nation, I Dont Think It Will Have Much Impact, If ANY At All\n\nLet Em Boycott For A Day, OR A Week\n\nThis Is AMERICA Not MEXICO\n(Maybe The Wheels Would Fall Off The Wagons THERE, But Not Here)\n\nThey Can Boycott Their ILLEGAL @$$ES All The Way Back To The Border
690418
Very simple, I fired 6 employees who took off to boycott, they were not "illegal" but they were hispanic and in favor of breaking the law. Maybe the Government wont do anything, But each business owner sure can. I already replaced the hispanics who went to boycott with Americans who were interested in working, took abt 30 minutes. I wonder how they will feel tomorrow morning when they find they have no job here.
468252
No, I do not believe the government should give into the protesing by the illegal immigrants.\n  If the local, state and fed. governments would have started cracking down on the American Businesses who have done and are still doing the "illegal hiring" of the "illegal aliens" there probably would not be any protest set for May 1\n  If the American Businesses would have "not broken the law" by hiring "illegal aliens" you wouldn't have the flow of thousands upon thousands daily trying to get into this country illegally to work.\n   If you want to come to this country to have a better life for you and family....fine..do so. But, abide by the laws of this country like I do,  pay taxes like I do..pay for health benefits like I do weekly from my paycheck..which is over $125 per wk.\n   If any legal American breaks the law..it can cost thousands for attoryney fees...and possible jail time. Yet businesses all over this country are hiring illegals and I do believe to the best of my knowledge that it is against the law...and what happens? NOTHING..absolutely NOTHING\n I don't care for terms like "dayworkers", "undocumented workers" etc...they are here in this country illegally and that is AGAINST THE LAW...period. Why do so many people want to soften what is really is? There is no gray-area. They are being hired illegally and entering this country illegally. And I honestly think it is too late to control the inflow. We have already heard the Spanish version of the United States of America's National Anthem. The keyword here is: Illegal..which means: AGAINST THE LAW. I certainly am not above the law..why should anyone else be??
1025178
Absolutely NOT.  This is in front of the California legislature right now in State Senate Bill 160 which goes beyond in-state tuition to provide financing.  It is subsidies like these, which put illegals in front of US citizen children from other states that make it so attractive to illegals to come here.  Everyone focusses on the 'employment magnet' but how many of you make sacrifices for your kids' education?\n\nThese magnets have to be removed, separately from whatever happens to the illegals already here, or we will never meaningfully reduce the flow across the border.\n\nProvisions to pave the way for this are also in the Senate Immigration bill.  Just one more reason it is a bad bill.
443975
Really, I do not think there will be much of a financial impact.\nRemember the campaigns last year urging people not to buy gas from Exxon-Mobile or not to buy gas on certain Mondays?\nDid that work?\nWhat about the anti-war protests? Any effect?\n\nI am guessing that, like most of us when we take a day off, Hispanics that take May 1st off will have to work more the day before and the day after.\n\nAt the end of May, we will celebrate Memorial Day. All government business will be closed. Millions of people will not work that day. This happens every year and somehow, we all seem to get through it without a catastrophic collapse of the American Government.\nAs for the schools. If parents are going to protest the fact that their children are receiving a free education for their children they are just ungrateful!!!\n\nIf I ran a business and people decided to take May 1st off to protest. I would fire them. I am sure a lot of people feel the same way.
475213
There will be a small effect. Americans wont care about the protest but employers might care that they're losing work! And Maybe the politicians should make all immigrants SPEAK ENGLISH in America. Our Schools Teach kids Spanish here but do you think in Mexico they learn english there. Of Course Not. Learn English. Aprender Ingles.
266923
I don't think so. Whose gonna do the unwanted jobs then? Easy for some people to say yes but they wouldn't dare do the jobs these people do. Did you ever think that some of these people came here legally to be able to support their families but majority of them ended up being abused by their employers so they ended up illegals? I have heard a lot of stories and verified them. Some of the bad things that happened to them were done by by our fellow Americans and you talk of having electric fences? What's the matter with you? I bet your ancestors would love to hear your comments when they came here as immigrants too. If they'd have known what the future generation would be maybe they would have aborted you.
398792
Here in Los Angles, support for the May 1st boycott is fading.  Two of the strongest pro-open borders people in L.A., Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Catholic Cardinal Mahoney have both backed off of support for the boycott and are telling people to go to work and school but to attend rallies after work.  The boycott is going to fizzle, much as the number of people turning out for the rallies has.
1050021
It is.\nDo you mean the Illegals should get Amnesty?NO.
717332
The Enchanted Fairy is right!\nNow let's hope INS goes to a couple of these big protests and rounds up a bunch of these illegal scumbags!\n\nWe could make a big dent in the illegal population by enforcing the labor laws and giving HUGE fines to both the illegal worker and the company that hired them. After awhile it would become cheaper for those companies to pay better wages to Americans, than to hire the illegals!
367087
You are 100% correct.  As soon as the illegals become legal, they will demand more wages.  That puts us right back where we started.
879090
Yes.  It will continue to be ignored.  We are being taken over from within.  The Mexican government knows this and encourages it's citizens to illegally enter the U.S.  The only reason it's tolerated by politicians is that U.S. Company's will continue to have a source of cheap labor.  Think about it, they don't pay these people even the minimum wage.  They receive no benefits.  They are paid under the table so they also collect welfare benefits.  75% of the country want the borders closed, but the politicians continue to fiddle while the country burns.  At this rate, we will become North Mexico within 40 years.
1029035
Nope.Most will recieve amnesty.
636758
I will boycott nothing, because I don't care how much any person whines about illegal immigration.  I personally have heard no complaints about anything.  And either way, if we start whining about Cinco de Mayo, we become just like the people whining about immigration.
406621
Yes it's supposed to be accross the nation . All imigrant workers will not go to work and refrain from purchasing anything on this day as a demonstration of their communal economic power.
327675
For all of you uneducated racists, oh excuse me, you say you are not, so I guess I have to believe you. The May 1st boycott is not trying to target ignorant people like yourselves, with less than high school education, and therefore cannot comprehend economics. It is targeted to large corporations, who at the end will influence the Senators making the decision. Go back to school!\n\nSo, take out your notebooks children, 42 million multiplied by 8 (expending) dollars, excluding School District funding... the answer is 336 Million dollars.\n\nThis is just ONE DAY. And this is not counting the amount of money that will not be produced for people NOT working.\n\nDo you still think it won't matter?\n\nOh, and before you start babling "we are 300 millions blah blah blah" it will only take 20 more senators to pass the bill, and in your beloved country, a million dollars is worth more than you and your entire family.\n\nGo back to school! Because you making 7-8 dllrs an hour has NOTHING to do with immigration!
499363
I have faith that with the pro-ILLEGAL immigrant rallies yesterday more people are opening their eyes and becoming just as upset as the rest of us that these people who have already shown a total and utter disregard for our laws are now demanding rights that they would have had had they went through the legal process to come here instead of coming here ILLEGALLY and living off of wellfare and getting free health services and not paying the taxes which help to pay for these things.  Most of the media stories I've been reading today are saying that one of the things the rallies have served to do is stir up opposition to amnesty and guest worker programs.  The Legal Citizens here in America are making their voices heard as more and more become aware of what is taking place in OUR country.