7/19/14, "San Diegans Partake in Immigration Protests," nbcsandiego.com, Monica Garske
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"San Diegans gathered Saturday morning to take part in a nationwide protest against immigration reform amid the border crisis.
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With American flags and opposition
signs in hand, dozens of protesters united along the Interstate 8
overpass in La Mesa near Severin Drive to voice their opinions on
illegal immigration.
“We think our border needs to be better protected,” said Ocean Beach resident Lucy Ingalls.
“Crime is coming in, we have disease
coming in, we have mothers sending their kids off by themselves to get
sick and die on their own and I think that’s a huge crime. I think we
need to care about these children,” she continued.
Melanie Kortlang, also opposed to illegal immigration, said that for her, the issue really hits close to home.
“I have suffered the cost of illegal
immigration. My daughter was hit and killed by an illegal alien and I
made a promise to her that I will not let her be forgotten,” she told
NBC 7.
“It’s time that this country takes a
stand and says enough is enough. Let’s start taking care of our own
kids. We have hungry, homeless children on our streets here. We have our
veterans who are dying on the streets,” Kortlang added. “We’ve had
enough. It’s time to secure our borders and enforce the laws. Let’s take
care of our own first.”
San Diego has been directly impacted by the immigration crisis over the last several weeks after hundreds of undocumented immigrant mothers and children were transferred to San Diego from Texas as part of the federal government’s plan to address the influx of immigrants illegally crossing the U.S. border....
Across the U.S. on Saturday, at
least 11 organizations opposed to illegal immigration planned to partake
in what organizers called the “National Day of Protesting Against Immigration Reform, Amnesty and Border Surge.” The hundreds of nationwide protests were expected to last through Sunday."
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