immigration rally

In case you have been living under a rock (like my brother Mike, but that's a totally different issue), you would know that various groups have organized a protest today to try and shut down America. I can say that it didn't work. Well, St. Louis didn't shut down, at least. In fact, pretty much only portions of LA were shut down. I think that the majority of Latino immigrants are starting to realize that they are not helping their case very much by protesting in the streets demanding rights for doing something illegal, no matter the situation that propelled them to do so. It must also really chap those Latinos who legally immigrated here to see people defining their ethnicity purely in terms of being here illegally to do work picking lettuce.
I sympathize with those that are here, that are stuck in a legal limbo simply for wanting a better life for themselves. We need to deal with that problem. We, however, need to stop the flow of illegals or the situation could very well spiral out of control. Securing the borders is the first priority and we can debate after that.
I also must chastise those that employ illegals for rates well below what the market is offering. Those people are taking advantage of illegals situation and should be punished.
At the risk of sounding cliche'd, I think the illegal marches have jumped the shark. We'll see. That's purely an instinctive guess (or perhaps wishful thinking), but the massive shut downs have not occurred throughout the country. There is indeed a symbiotic relationship between immigrants and the US, but we are certainly not dependent.
One final note, the "la raza"/mecha people can kiss my butt. Racism sucks no matter the color and just being an oppressed "brown" person doesn't give one a license to act like a clown in a white hood.