Media Group Pushes For Immigration Rights
To: National Desk/Immigration/Civil Liberties
WASHINGTON, May 1 /AnaiRhoads.org/ -- Due to conspicuous side-stepping by the Bush administration, border and immigration issues are on the forefront as one of today's hottest topics.
Today, May 1st, the "El Gran Paro Americano 2006" (The Great American Boycott 2006), "Un dia sin immigrante" (A day without an immigrant) people are asked not to attend school, go to work, not to buy or sell anything, and to show solidarity by wearing a white t-shirt or white band arm bands.
"It is said that neo-liberal economic policies, like NAFTA and CAFTA, have pushed millions of people into abject poverty - forcing immigrants to seek out work in the U.S." says Anai Rhoads Ford of the progressive media web site, AnaiRhoads.org.
The United States has become the home of some 11 million illegal immigrations thusfar and with more 500,000 more arriving annually. America's unwillingness to accept new immigrants is becoming a sore spot with many human rights activists.
"We hope today's protests and walk-outs will have a positive effect on the immigration movement," said Rhoads Ford "It is our hope that today will be a turning point in America with regards to immigration reform and human rights in general."
Over 11 million undocumented men, women, and children are currently residing and working in America. If the U.S. enforces new immigration laws, agriculture in particular will collapse without the immigrant-based work-force to sustain it.
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