Sunday, October 19, 2008

"Legalize LA: Deport Illegals!"

Even though American Apparel is changing the industry with fair employee rights and treatment they still face protest against the company. In these video clips below protestors stand outside a downtown LA American Apparel store with signs that say “Legalize LA: Deport Illegals!” American Apparel advertises t-shirts that say Legalize LA. These protestors believe that we should stop letting in illegal immigrants to protect America. The guy holding the camera says we need to stop letting in illegal immigrants and they need to fix their own government. What does this have to do with sweatshops? EVERYTHING! Most of the workers in clothing factories are not US citizens. America just wants to reap the benefits from illegal immigrants but exclude them from having equal rights. “Illegals” are the ones doing all the dirty work. They’re the construction workers, sweatshop workers, garden workers, house keepers, maids, etc. Americans don’t want them here but we want to go to their countries and take advantage of their services for our luxuries. I feel that everyone deserves an equal opportunity. Yes, other countries are corrupt and need to be fixed but what about those that already established a life here? What do we do about families that are spit between illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens? America is supposed to be the land of the free and opportunity. If we really want to go into it everyone but Mexicans and Native Indians are illegal. Europeans stole their land and pushed them further south. If anything they have more ownership then anyone whose ancestors didn’t originate here. Yes we will run into some problems with over population and there does need to be some sort of control over the millions of non U.S. citizens but how do we control that? Comment me and tell me what your stance is and how you think we could better control immigration.



Heres are the urls parts 1-6

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajS1Yz67Ik

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8JbpmaLxd8

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Es-CA0IaS8

Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnZJbYdsQ24

Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNMEBdKZlA

Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vad4LPilSZk

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