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Something’s wrong with immigration protests in Maywood City, California

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“On Saturday, Save Our State showed up to protest that policy in front of Maywood City Hall, numbering several dozen with “Don’t tread on me” and American flags. “Not anti-Hispanic, anti-illegal alien,” read one sign; “Maywood is part of the U.S. and its elected officials need to act accordingly,” read another. One man held a small sign that read “traitors,” and the group was fronted by a banner championing Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo for president. (“Tancredo? Who’s that?” a confused counter-demonstrator asked me.)

Police in riot gear manned a buffer zone on blocked-off Slauson Avenue, surrounding the anti-illegal-immigration demonstrators who were being faced down by a few hundred counter-protesters and neighboring residents who pulled out Mexican flags and joined the event. I had gotten wind of a socialist organization calling people out for the demonstration, hence showed up to find the counter-protest to be an eclectic mix of white guys in Che T-shirts and Latinos – wearing shirts ordering people to not call them Latino or Hispanic (too European), but Mexican – denouncing white people.”

Posted on: August 30th, 2006
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Immigration
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