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Across the street from the main gathering point was a construction site with 10 or so workers, all of whom were Hispanic. They didn't seem bothered by all the commotion, and in fact at one point, a Caucasian family with several small kids walked by the workers and made a comment that got them all laughing. They appeared to be laughing at the protest.
This next shot turned out to be a little more poignant than I realized at the time I took it. A protester vigorously waves his American and Arizona flags as a Hispanic mom with a small child in a stroller walks by.
San Juan has a large Hispanic community, and I was wondering if this protest might actually create some conflict. Based on what I saw, I doubt it.
It's still going on as I write this, so the crowd may grow a bit...or just dwindle away. Polls tell us there's a lot of support for the Arizona law, but it doesn't seem to draw the same kind of protest enthusiasm that the Tea Parties did.
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I noted the protest too. Noted there weren't any Mexican Americans or American Mexicans I don't know which is which or if they're different, weren't in the protest against illegal immigration.
Personally, I'm tired of "hypenated-Americans", I believe in this day, if your country is bad enough to leave it, you should leave it behind you too, no dual citizenship, your allegience and solidarity has to be here, in America, for America. And my statement is not just for Mexicans, but all countries that immigrants come from. Terrorists have infiltrated us, and we've allowed it.
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