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Is immigration reform the new Civil Rights Movement?
ATLANTA — Eight young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday for sitting in the middle of a busy street in front of the Georgia Capitol, protesting their lack of access to higher education in a scene reminiscent of civil rights demonstrations decades ago.
The group, made up of mostly students, believe their plight is similar to movement the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led, and they met with former activists from the 1960s to hash out their civil disobedience plan. As the foreign-born youngsters sat in the road, at times holding hands, hundreds of supporters lined the street and cheered in support as the illegal immigrants were led away in handcuffs.
Before the sit-in the youngsters, their voices trembling, each stood before the crowd, took a microphone and announced: "I am undocumented, and I am unafraid."
In telling their stories, they took a risk like many of their parents made when they came to the U.S. to find a better life. Many said that, despite their grades, they have found their immigration status might prevent them from going to college, in part because they can't afford costly out-of-state tuition fees. Most also don't qualify for federal aid and at times, state help.
8 illegal immigrants detained at Georgia protest
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- ?Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
OMG if I was an African American I would be offended.MLK was a man that wanted his people to be treated equally as Americans.He would not, I don't think approve of people jumping the border and getting a hand out on hard working Americans back.This is just another way that illegals try to justify their not coming here the legal way..Im glad they where arrested,now they need to be deported.
- ?Lv 51 decade ago
Not even close!!!
I'm glad the criminals were arrested, thought...
"The protesters were charged with obstructing traffic. Atlanta police do not participate in a local-federal partnership that empowers local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law, so the likelihood of the students being turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was low. "
I am deeply disappointed in Atlanta, and Georgia that the issue of their anarchy was not addressed.
We citizens still have a long way to go before our "representatives" understand that citizens have had quite enough of illegal aliens and WILL have them stopped and removed!
- George LLv 71 decade ago
No. nice try though. Can't blame them for trying to connect the two. MLK and the SCLC were trying and largely successful in getting equal rights for American citizens. However, while the two issues are not the same, many of the reactions you see to illegals are not that dissimilar to what one saw during the Civil Rights era. Much of it was far worse.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The difference being that the Blacks were born here. No. There is no comparison. Illegals need to be jailed and deported, and sent to prison if they return illegally. They are not "entitled" to anything beyond the borders of their home countries.
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- KarinLv 41 decade ago
No. Civil rights was about rights being denied to legal citizens of the country. Illegals are not citizens and therefore have NO rights at all.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
I am glad to see they are arrested, and hopefully deported. No this is not a civil rights subject, this is a subject of enforcing laws!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You know what else was the law? Jim Crow.
That's why history is taught at school, so we won't repeat the same mistakes.
- Julia BLv 61 decade ago
If you know you are breaking a law why would you expect someone to feel sorry for you?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes i think it is.
it is a great injustice that these kids must go through this. we allow them to grow up here, go to school here and get no penalty until they are 18 1/2 and just tell them to "go home". news flash. this is their home. i don't know why anyone would be against allowing people who WANT to do something good with their lives and contribute to this economy.
people complain about the money spent on their public K-12 education. well how are they going to pay that back if they are deported to another country?? if they were allowed to stay here and continue their education they would be paying taxes to our economy.
deporting these kids will always be a loss to this country.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
God I hope they are deported.
