{"article":{"id":97932,"heading":"No Scapegoats! The Fight for Immigrant Rights","author":"carlitos guey","created":"2003-12-19 09:02:11","modified":"2003-12-21 00:58:38","last_modified":"Sun, 21 Dec 2003 07:58:38","article":"

WHAT: No Scapegoats! The Fight for Immigrant Rights

WHEN: Thursday, December 18, 7pm

WHERE: Senor Fish Restaurant, First and Alameda

Streets, downtown LA

WHY: Every year, thousands of people from Mexico and

Latin America risk their lives crossing the border

into the US. Once here, they work at some of the

worst, most dangerous and lowest paid jobs in the

country -- without rights that most people enjoy.

With high unemployment and low job security,

politicians like Arnold Schwarzenegger have launched

an open attack on undocumented workers -- such as the

recent repeal of the simple right to drivers licenses.



What is the purpose of the attacks on undocumented

workers? Whose interests do they serve? Join the ISO

for a discussion of the politics of immigration and

why an attack on one group of workers is an attack on

us all!

MORE INFO: 213-309-2713, Los Angeles International

Socialist Organization

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"213 309-2713","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"As the economy gets worse, attacks on public services deepen and scapegoating of immigrants escalates. ","numcomment":4,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/12\/97932.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":97933,"heading":"The simple right to vote","article":""such as the \r\nrecent repeal of the simple right to drivers licenses. \r\n\r\n\r\nWhat is the purpose of the attacks on undocumented \r\nworkers?\r\n"\r\n\r\nGiving ILLEGAL immigrants drivers licenses is to DIRECTLY allow them to vote as the ONLY form of ID needed to register AND vote is a picture DL.\r\n\r\nThis is why we cannot allow ILLEGALS to have DL's.\r\n\r\nUse your fucking head jackass.","author":"fresca227","parent_id":97932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-12-19 09:38:25","modified":"2003-12-19 09:38:25","fileurl":""},{"id":97953,"heading":"Yeah, join the ISO","article":"The International SOCIALIST Organization. Truth drips from every pore.\r\n\r\nJust what illegal immigrants need, a bunch of goddamn socialists looking out for them. THAT'LL solve all their problems.","author":"Ignatius 123","parent_id":97932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-12-19 14:30:25","modified":"2003-12-19 14:30:25","fileurl":""},{"id":97992,"heading":"Question","article":"Aren't Mexican driver's licenses valid in the US? \r\n\r\nI know I can use my California driver's license to legally drive in Mexico...\r\n\r\n","author":"Eddie","parent_id":97932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-12-19 20:22:49","modified":"2003-12-19 20:22:49","fileurl":""},{"id":98046,"heading":"Answer","article":"Eddie, other country's DLs may or may not be valid in the US and vice versa, depending on agreements.\r\n\r\nThe issue is this: when you apply for and get a DL, in most states you are simultaneously registered to vote.\r\n\r\nNow: why in the world would allowing illegal immigrants to vote EVER be a good thing?","author":"mkjbhg","parent_id":97932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-12-20 00:52:18","modified":"2003-12-20 00:52:18","fileurl":""}]}