Ok, so I am just about over my high blood pressure attack after reading about Toy's R Us caving in to demands by illeagal aliens and then I open my ARIZONA REPUBLIC to see the following:

 

Hundreds join protest of migrant-tuition law
Police stop them before they reach BCS game stadium

Michael Kiefer
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Nearly 600 students and their supporters marched toward the site of the BCS National Championship Game in Glendale on Monday to protest a recently passed law denying in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.

They chanted, "We are students, not criminals," and hours before the game they were turned back by Glendale police a mile from University of Phoenix Stadium.

But eight activists stepped across a symbolic line the city had drawn for them not to cross and were cited by police.

"We will fight this in court," said activist Alfredo Gutierrez, first in Spanish and then in English. "We will fight these citations because we feel they're unconstitutional."

The students delivered a letter to BCS officials, asking for support of the proposed federal DREAM Act, which would help students who have graduated from U.S. high schools attain legal immigration status.

An African-American activist said that he will call on national civil rights leaders to block next year's Super Bowl from being played in Arizona.

"Here we are 10 years from when we had the Super Bowl taken from us, and we're no further ahead," said the Rev. Jarrett Maupin, referring to earlier battles over the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Arizona. "They can have their fun today, but they can't have their fun tomorrow."

The protesters started to gather at 10 a.m. Monday at a church near 80th Avenue and Camelback Road to protest Proposition 300, a ballot initiative passed in November requiring that students who cannot prove their legal immigration status pay out-of-state tuition at state colleges and universities. Several protesters addressed the crowd.

"Our parents can't afford $18,000 a year," said Ari, 18, a freshman at Arizona State University. None of the students used his or her last name because the students are not in the country legally, although they have spent most of their lives here.

"I would have to drop out," she said.

Miguel Z, an ASU junior, works two jobs to stay in school. He is in the country legally but is not a citizen, even though he spent four years in the Navy.

"I'm here because this does not just affect the undocumented, it affects the entire community," he said.

His older brother attended ASU, and his younger sister is a student there now.

As the marchers left the parking lot, they were met by Glendale Police Commander Matt Lively, who informed them that because they did not have a permit for the demonstration, they would have to stay on sidewalks and could not march any farther than Missouri Avenue.

Glendale requires that permits for such demonstrations be obtained 14 days in advance, which the march organizers did not do.

"Their whole point involved marching down 91st Avenue," said Glendale spokeswoman Julie Frisoni, referring to a main approach to the stadium. "There was no way the city could permit that."

The crowd marched two by two in orderly fashion, carrying signs and chanting, "Sí, se puede," and "Dream Act now."

Yellow-shirted organizers walked alongside carrying plastic bags to make sure no debris was left behind.

"I think this is an excellent opportunity to shed light on what impact Proposition 300 will have on these young people," said Danny Ortega, a Phoenix attorney and immigrant-rights activist, who was marching with the students.

The marchers turned up 83rd Avenue and when they reached Missouri Avenue, they were met again by police.

Gutierrez, Maupin and six other marchers - Salvador Reza, Hector Iturralde, Carlos Garcia, Martin Manteca, Tupac Enrique and Liana Rowe - locked arms and stepped onto the street. They were issued criminal citations for engaging in a special event without a permit and are scheduled to appear in court Jan. 23.

Then, the march turned around and returned to the church. On the way back, they were met by counterprotesters.

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Now before I go and get all wound up and reach a ballistic trajectory that will land me on an Asteroid somewhere, I want to Highly Commend the "Yellow-shirted organizers" who " walked alongside carrying plastic bags to make sure no debris was left behind." That is really something to be applauded along with the fact that the protest was handled in an organized fashion and was peaceful in nature.

  

For that: Thank You!!

 

Now for what the protest content was supposedly about: YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY LOONEY TUNES!!!!

 

The idea that a student who has no choice that their parents are being "job transferred to Arizona" and still wants to go to college has to pay "out of state" tuition while ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS do not is a slap in the face to every law-abiding American!!

Let me be clear here. Obviously these so called "disenfranchised youths " are smart enough to go to college. Ok, so why are they stupid enough not to help their parents try and become legal residents??? Gee, with legal residency, the tuition magically goes down!!

Jesus Christ!!! Why are people ( not to mention "COLLEGE STUDENTS" ) so fucking stupid? Consider this quote:

"Our parents can't afford $18,000 a year," said Ari, 18, a freshman at Arizona State University. "I would have to drop out," she said.

You know I can't afford a new car either. If mine breaks, I will have to walk unless I get a SECOND JOB to buy a replacement.

And??

#1: The American Dream applies to LEGAL Americans who are willing to WORK for it, not having it given to you on a silver platter.

#2: "We are students, not criminals" Well if that is so, show me your legal status and residency...

#3  Why does "Ari" think it has to be her parents who pay for her education? ( Especially considering that they have not paid for her education up to this point through the property tax and income tax system they choose to avoid by staying criminals [ It really IS called illegal immigration for a reason, and what is the title for someone who knowingly breaks the law?] - you know the US Citizens she is pissing off really do feel sorry for her I'm sure...) Maybe she could use her head and GET A FUCKING JOB!!!! Millions of AMERICANS have WORKED through college. But, again, because it is not just given to her on a goddamned silver platter she would have to drop out... Too fucking bad!!

Bottom line is this: What makes them so much better than AMERICAN CITIZENS?????!!!!!! An AMERICAN CITIZEN from another state has to pay the higher tuition but they don't... And by the way, does ASU get ANY tax revenue from US CITIZENS? So, once again, are we, the American Citizenry going to be FORCED to support illegal immigrants??

Okay, set aside the whole "out of state tuition" thing. Let them go ahead and get their degree. WHAT THE FUCK CAN THEY DO WITH IT? They can not legally work in the United States. So then it all comes back to the fact that sooner or later they have to become resident aliens or US Citizens!! Hey, STUPID, do that now and then all this is just pissing in the wind...

Ok now to get all pissed off at the way the police and "Civil Authorities" handled this.

Where were the Border Patrol Officers, the local police, the Army and the rest of the Armed Forces who have taken a solemn oath to protect the Constitution and "...protect the Citizens of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic..."??? A foreign power who invades the United States, I do believe, would constitute a threat... It certainly does seem like the supporters of illegal immigration has organized itself into a "Credible threat to the soventry of the US" since they are TAKING limited resources for themselves and not allowing those same resources to go to legal citizens who actually pay for them.

The Supreme Court has stated that no one can be stopped and questioned without "probable cause". Exactly how much probable cause do the police need to look at all student records that do not have a valid proof of residency form attached? I think there are 600 reasons to do so after reading the above article.

Will anything happen? Probably not.

I have sent a cleaned up version of this to the Republic who I doubt will publish it.

It might piss someone off and this issue is "just too complicated"....