The Right State

“The only thing we are looking for is to end this dehumanizing situation and get the recognition of the migrant labor force.” “People who go looking for work should not be treated like criminals with the risk of being tried in federal courts.”

If the illegal immigrants do not want to be treated like criminals, then obey our laws, pure and simple, straight to the point.  This country is a nation of laws.  People who break the law should expect to be arrested.  They are criminals! 
Immigrant protest organizers say they are trying to enable the US to see how much these immigrants are needed in the world’s largest economy.  But according to other things they are saying, it appears to me they have other intentions.  The protestors say they want the US economy to show a dip to show how much we need Mexican labor.  And of course to make sure a dip happens, activists are planning on blocking all traffic in and out of the major cities.  That way a dip in the economy is sure to occur and that is what these organizers will point to.  Talk about loading the evidence. 

“There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles alone. We’re going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno,” said Jorge Rodriguez, a union official who helped organize earlier rallies credited with rattling Congress as it weighs the issue.
They also want something that we can not give them: instant amnesty for all immigrants living and working here. 
“We want full amnesty, full legalization for anybody who is here (illegally),” Rodriguez said. “That is the message that is going to be played out across the country on May 1.”

Many businesses are feeling the heat and instead of meeting the problem head-on, they are closing their doors instead.  Locally Sanderson Farms, like my of the poultry industry, has a large immigrant workforce.  The company has decided to work on Saturday and then close on Monday to avoid a confrontation that would require them under their own rules to fire many of their workers.  Sanderson Farms has NO Balls.
How about putting the shoe on the other foot?  How many rights do immigrants have living in Mexico?  Even legal immigrants are tossed out of the country for protesting.  Now, let me get this straight.  Mexico, a corrupt third world country, who can not take care of their own citizens, is openly encouraging their citizens to illegally enter the US, to engage in protests for rights they are not entitled to, and then send any extra money they earn back home to support Mexico’s failed economy.  No wonder they are a failure as a country.
It was only a few days ago when I thought stuff was really going to hit the fan when these workers, who were planning on walking off their jobs, would try to go back to work the next day.  I expected thousands of illegal immigrants to lose their jobs for not showing up at work.  I also expected Vicente’ Fox to call on George Bush to intercede on the behalf of these protestors to get their jobs back.  Now it looks like the business and schools are all caving in to the protesters.  Michelle Malkin has a post where some schools in California have written a one page letter to teachers encouraging students to join in the protest marches with a one line caveat that it would be better for the students to go to school instead.  Right?!  After a one page letter encouraging the protests, you really expect them to stay in school after one line asking them to.
If this is the way these protesters are going to act: blocking traffic, skipping school, trying to hurt the US economy, flying the US flag below the Mexican flag, writing and changing the words to the Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish, among other things.  Maybe we should try to send them back to Mexico.  The Mexican government is having a hard time keeping afloat now, think how it will be if they have another 12 million people to take care of.  That way the Mexican politicians might not be in such a hurry to encourage protests in the United States. 
Others writing about the protests on May 1^st.
Ace of Spades who states:

Seriously– shut the cities down. Have fun. Because within a month, your asses will be booted nice and high over the Rio F’n’ Grande.

Corruption Chronicles who informs us that: 

Lawmakers in the Golden State recently passed a resolution named Great American Boycott 2006, leading one political blog to to write about how shocking it is that many California legislators frequently act more like their Mexican counterparts.

Deliriously Normal who states:

I’m going to try and be as blunt as possible. The whole issue revolves around everyone understanding this one point. We have immigration laws in this country. If you violate them, you are here illegally. It’s really that simple. There is no racist intent here, I don’t care if you come from Mexico or Sweden, if you don’t come here legally, you’re not supposed to be here, and should be made to leave until you want to come back and do things the right way.
I could not agree more!  Technorati is full of posts from blogs just like these all saying the same thing.  These people are here illegally.  When is the US finally going to enforce our immigration laws and protect the integrity of this country?