Immigrants Shout Throughout the West

“Immigration rallies took place all over the West yesterday with huge demonstrations in Denver, Salt Lake, Albuquerque, Boise and most other cities–including small ski towns–throughout the Rocky Mountain Front. A work stoppage had little impact on Telluride, despite the fact that the ski town is run almost entirely on immigrant labor. Last season, one hotel in the ski town was short fifty workers, and with several new hotel/resort complexes under construction, tightened rules on immigration could cause an “employment crisis” for Telluride, as well as all the other towns that depend on the service and construction industries.Demonstrations in Salt Lake were the largest in the town’s history, but that isn’t changing some leaders’ views on illegal immigration, reported the Salt Lake Tribune. Some Hispanic leaders want to take advantage of the momentum by educating neighborhood groups on the U.S. political system, so they can organize their legal neighbors into voting.

The timing is impeccable: A chain of Hispanic groceries announced yesterday that it will open its first branch in the Denver-area community of Commerce City, where more than half of the residents are Latino, according to the latest census. Liborio Markets already has five stores in Southern California and one in Las Vegas, Nev.
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