A Day without Latinos

On March 23, 2006 in Milwaukee, thousands of demonstrators exposed their anger to the proposed new bills going through Congress regarding “illegal immigrants”, which could mean that immigrants in the United States who are here illegally will be considered felons. The Republican Party, specifically Wild Bill Frist is claiming that the new laws will help with the nation’s national security, and that it will help protect our borders against illegal immigration. The Milwaukee demonstrators, reminiscent of early 20th century Chile, stopped working for the entire day, forcing scores of businesses to close, and severely disrupting normal business operations. The organizers of the protest titled it “A Day without Latinos” attempting to illustrate how cities across the United States would operate without help from Latin American immigrants. It seems that the U.S. Congress has lost touch with civilization, and hopefully through the efforts of protests like the one in Wisconsin, members of Congress will educate themselves in a way favorable to the over 12 million, recently immigrated Americans living in the United States.

Link to page:http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/latino.march/index.html