The March and Caravan for Migrants is a cross-country effort to stop the border killings and say "No" to oppressive anti-immigration legislation. They
rallied in Los Angeles on February 3. A report from march organizer
Enrique Morones follows.
MIGRANT MARCH... DATELINE SUNDAY FEBRUARY
12...
LOUISIANA (Helping the local economy)
as we stayed
in a motel (tired)....Great weekend as we marched in downtown San
Antonio, we
held a powerful rally in front of the Alamo, we were joined by more members
on the March to DC as Benigno Pena and company brought more
supporters for
caravan!!! ...then headed to Victoria, Texas and held a very moving ceremony
with 19 crosses (18 for the men and one for 5 year old Marco Antonio as they
suffocated in the back of a semi there in 2003)
After sleeping "la casa de tamaulipas"
we were
welcomed by the Bishop of Houston on Saturday morning as well as the
good folk
at "Crece" where they delivered hand fulls of letters denouncing HR4437
and they
held a rally in support of our Migrant March from SD to DC and we
traveled on to
Dallas and held another rally in front of the site where a real
President, John
Kennedy, was assassinated may he rest in peace...we were joined by Lulac
President Hector Flores, State Representative Roberto Alonzo, former President
Fox cabinet member Juan Hernandez and many more as we rallied for NO
MORE DEATHS
on the border, NO ON HR4437 and yes to Human Rights!!! Thanks Nancy
Guerrero for
all your help!!!
This morning we'll cross Mississippi
and Alabama (
and pay our respect to the civil rights workers slain in Jackson as well as
place a cross in Alabama, the birthplace of the great late Mrs. Martin Luther
King)
Tomorrow it's "Buena's Tardes" Lou
Dobbs @ CNN
headquarters....then on to DC for legislative visits...SI SE
PUEDE
PLEASE ASK OUR FRIENDS TO JOIN US THE
18TH IN DC
FOR RALLY @ WEST WING 3:00PM !!!
Gracias a Gus, Lidia @ Southwest,
Gloria, Marta,
Dolores, Andres, Marta, Gustavo, Max, Pablo, Rodulfo... y todos
&
thanks for support
Peace
Enrique Morones
& Gente Unida
(619) 269-7865
Please check out web site to follow our
route, you
can also help by buying a MIGRANT MARCH T-SHIRTS to support our journey all
donations are tax deductible....
Friday, February 10, 2006 10:15 AM
update
MARCH FOR MIGRANTS LATEST UPDATE
We are currently in San Antonio and are
overwhelmed by the wonderful reception we have received here and everywhere!!!
Thanks for all the support back home as well, Jerry, Ellee, Michael, Roberto
and all...a little rain here but no worries!!! Always remember the "ala
ching..."as our migrant brothers and sisters do much more than march
in the
rain...
FEB 12 TRAVEL (Missisippi, Alabama)
FEB 13 ATLANTA CNN RALLY (special
message for
Lou Dobbs)...2-4
FEB 14TH DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
AFTERNOON
RALLY
FEB 15-17 LEGISLATIVE
VISITS
FEB 18TH CAPITOL BUILDING RALLY
230PM
MORE INFO ON MARCH Enrique Morones (619)
269-7865