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Title: Cheering Call For ‘2,000-Mile Wall’
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The Kansas City Star
URL Source: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14365072.htm
Published: Apr 18, 2006
Author: By LYNN FRANEY
Post Date: 2006-04-18 21:41:13 by Mind_Virus
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Posted on Tue, Apr. 18, 2006 Cheering Call For ‘2,000-Mile Wall’ Hundreds At Rally In KC Want Strict U.S. Entry Policies By LYNN FRANEY The Kansas City Star JIM BARCUS/The Kansas City Star American flags were much in evidence Monday at a rally in Mill Creek Park in favor of strict enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Mary Golden of Blue Springs brought her flag to signal her support. Angry over illegal immigration they say depresses wages and displaces American workers, hundreds of people called for stricter border enforcement during a rally Monday evening at Mill Creek Park. The rally came in response to two recent Kansas City rallies at which thousands of people called for undocumented immigrants to be given a path to citizenship. “The open border crowd says they don’t want a 700-mile wall” built on the U.S.-Mexico border, law professor Kris Kobach told the crowd of at least 700. “I don’t want that either. I want a 2,000-mile wall.” The crowd erupted in cheers, whistles and applause. Then he called on the federal government to make sure employers verify an applicant’s legal status before hiring the worker. That comment also met with long, loud applause. “What a concept,” he said, “making employers follow the law.” Rally attendees said one solution is just enforcing immigration laws already in place. “If we started enforcing the laws against employing illegals, that would go a long way” toward halting illegal immigration, said Mike Dinneny of Blue Springs. One protester’s sign read: “Break our laws. Shame on you. Don’t enforce the border. Shame on us.” Steve Kinder of Overland Park said he had never attended any type of political rally but as a “patriotic American” he wanted to attend Monday’s rally. “This land is a land of laws,” he said. “We can’t afford, as a nation, for any of our laws to go unnoticed (when broken). … Our senators and congressmen are not enforcing the law.” The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill in December that would provide for a wall along much of the southern border, make it a felony to be in the country illegally and crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers. The Senate hasn’t been able to agree on an immigration reform bill. One bill backed by some pro-immigrant groups would allow a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the United States. Kobach calls any path to citizenship an “amnesty” that will only worsen America’s problem with illegal immigration. The amnesty of 1986 only prompted more immigrants to come to the United States without legal authorization, he said. Esther Miller of Clay County came to the rally wearing a T-shirt that read “America is still the best.” She said she thinks more jobs could be given to Americans who are on welfare rather than to undocumented immigrants. Matthew Sorrell of Lenexa stood holding a large American flag. He said he is against illegal immigration because he and his wife spent two years apart so she could come to the United States legally from the Dominican Republic, and he feels others should have to come here legally, too.
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welfare recipients don't want those jobs.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestShe said she thinks more jobs could be given to Americans who are on welfare rather than to undocumented immigrants.
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