On Tuesday, I went to a meeting/rally for comprehensive immigration reform. It was held at St.Paul's Church in Charlotte. The chapel in which the meeting was supposed to be held could not hold the number of people that showed up, so we had to move next door to a bigger building. Now that's turnout! Despite some funny translation moments, the meeting proved exciting, nothing like over 2000 people chanting "SI SE PUEDE!" to rally forces.
Check out the website: http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/blog/
Join up and tell all your friends. Also, if you hear your backwards friends saying ignorant things about immigrants, call them on their shit. It's time we stopped policies that unjustly target working-class immigrants and violate people's human and civil rights. If you need proof just read the recent articles about deaths in immigrant detention centers, or if you read Spanish, check out your local Spanish paper.
Unfortunately the positive vibe of this night was kinda spoiled when I got home and heard the news about the earthquake in Haiti. But one positive sliver of news about Haiti comes from President Obama's decision to grant Haitian immigrants Temporary Protective Status.
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