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 Editorials | Issues | May 2008 
May Day Rallies Losing Strength
 Chad Groening - OneNewsNow
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| | Marchers congregate at the intersection of 1st street and Broadway as Los Angeles City Hall is seen behind them during a May Day immigration and labor march and rally in downtown Los Angeles, May 1, 2008. (Reuters/Danny Moloshok) | | |
Immigration reform activist William Gheen believes the recent May Day rallies by illegal immigrants across the country demonstrate once again that many of them are more loyal to their country of origin than to the United States.
Turnout for the 2008 May Day demonstrations have shrunk since the first nationwide rallies were held two years ago. Still, organizers held events in Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and other large cities. The Los Angeles Times reports that upwards of 20,000 were expected to participate in last Thursday's event in the City of Angels, but estimates that only 8,500 took part in three separate marches that merged at a downtown intersection.
In the aftermath, William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), reacts to the marches. He says for one thing, organizers learned a lesson from previous events because there were very few Mexican flags seen at the rallies this time around.
"The organizations that are supporting these marches handed out American flags, took away Mexican flags, and provided everybody with white shirts to make them seem more friendly and happy and to conceal the true agenda of the illegal alien movement in this country, which is that they're more politically polarized towards Mexico instead of the United States," Gheen contends.
Unfortunately, Gheen notes, some of the protestors have an even more radical agenda. "Many of the signs say 'This is our continent. We're taking it back.' They do not recognize the United States' jurisdiction over one-third of the U.S. and the Southwest. And many others are part of an indigenous movement that [does] not believe that we belong on this continent at all and should return to Europe and Africa," Gheen points out.
Gheen does not think the rallies will have a major impact on swaying public opinion in favor of the illegal immigrants and their agenda. |
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