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PHOTOS Protest Mexican Consulate Santa Ana MAY DAY
Santa Ana Mexican Consulate Protest
May 1, 2009: Santa Ana, CA
Staging in front of the Santa Ana Mexican Consulate - we sought to send a May Day message to the Mexican government: Fix Mexico!
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ENFORCES ITS BORDERS VIA GUARDS AT THE CONSULATE "FENCE"
Inside of a consulate, it is the official soil of the country represented
As Raymond Herrera and a group of American citizens attempted to enter and present a letter (that calls upon the Mexican government to take care of its citizens in MEXICO) to Santa Ana Mexican Consul Carlos Rodriquez y Quezeda, we were stopped by surgical-masked Mexican guards as well as pro-illegal alien activists and staff members at the entrance, at the "fence.
We were told repeatedly, that inside the consulate: "THIS IS MEXICO" - ironically, Americans were stopped at this Mexican "border" on the same day illegal aliens and their supporters were protesting on U.S. soil.
The Mexican guards took our letter and information packet for Mexican Consul Carlos Rodriquez y Quezada.
COUNTER PROTESTERS
A group of LEGALIZE L.A. activists marched in an ellipse in front of us - and loudly hollered out a variety of slogans - in support of Obama - in Spanish and English.
The man, far left in the photo, appeared to be an official observer or security guard.
They also chanted "THE OWNERS ARE BACK" and "JESUS LOVES IMMIGRANTS." And of course - SI SE PUEDE (yes we can). THIS WAS A VERY NOISY, VERY LOUD, VERY SPIRITED PROTEST!
We Countered Back - FIX MEXICO
A food cart vendor peddled his wares at the protest. Food carts have substandard refrigeration/heating features. Some cities enact ordinances that ban food carts, in the name of public safety.
MEDIA & POLICE OFFICERS
A lot of newspaper and TV media covered the event.
Raymond Herrera worked with the police in advance - requesting law enforcement coverage. There was a heavy police presence. When we arrived, a police vehicle pulled up. There were two officers in the front seat and two officers in the back seat. Officers stationed on site as well as patrolled via vehicles and motorcycles.
PRIZE WINNERS
Don and Alphie were the first arrivals and won the prize shirt
PHOTOS Protest Mexican Consulate Santa Ana MAY DAY |
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Santa Ana Mexican Consulate Protest May 1, 2009: Santa Ana, CA
Staging in front of the Santa Ana Mexican Consulate - we sought to send a May Day message to the Mexican government: Fix Mexico!
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ENFORCES ITS BORDERS VIA GUARDS AT THE CONSULATE "FENCE"
Inside of a consulate, it is the official soil of the country represented As Raymond Herrera and a group of American citizens attempted to enter and present a letter (that calls upon the Mexican government to take care of its citizens in MEXICO) to Santa Ana Mexican Consul Carlos Rodriquez y Quezeda, we were stopped by surgical-masked Mexican guards as well as pro-illegal alien activists and staff members at the entrance, at the "fence.
We were told repeatedly, that inside the consulate: "THIS IS MEXICO" - ironically, Americans were stopped at this Mexican "border" on the same day illegal aliens and their supporters were protesting on U.S. soil.
The Mexican guards took our letter and information packet for Mexican Consul Carlos Rodriquez y Quezada.
COUNTER PROTESTERS
A group of LEGALIZE L.A. activists marched in an ellipse in front of us - and loudly hollered out a variety of slogans - in support of Obama - in Spanish and English.
The man, far left in the photo, appeared to be an official observer or security guard.
They also chanted "THE OWNERS ARE BACK" and "JESUS LOVES IMMIGRANTS." And of course - SI SE PUEDE (yes we can). THIS WAS A VERY NOISY, VERY LOUD, VERY SPIRITED PROTEST!
We Countered Back - FIX MEXICO
A food cart vendor peddled his wares at the protest. Food carts have substandard refrigeration/heating features. Some cities enact ordinances that ban food carts, in the name of public safety. MEDIA & POLICE OFFICERS
A lot of newspaper and TV media covered the event.
Raymond Herrera worked with the police in advance - requesting law enforcement coverage. There was a heavy police presence. When we arrived, a police vehicle pulled up. There were two officers in the front seat and two officers in the back seat. Officers stationed on site as well as patrolled via vehicles and motorcycles. PRIZE WINNERS
Don and Alphie were the first arrivals and won the prize shirt |