Stand Up, Stand Down: Will immigration protests yield desired fruit?

Dallas Morning News | Editorials:

“By the hundreds and thousands – and, ultimately, hundreds of thousands – they filled block after block of downtown Los Angeles, sidewalk to sidewalk, in peaceful protest. ... Dallas to Houston to Kansas City, Atlanta, Charlotte, Phoenix, Milwaukee and the stunning visual of a half-million people in Los Angeles marching, chanting and waving their signs. ... Wherever you stand on U.S. immigration policy, it was a historic weekend.”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Exciting! Up until now, the millions of immigrants in the USA have been silent. This country exploits immigrant workers to build our houses and harvest our crops, but offers no respect in return. The millions who are Americans by accident of birth feel free to decry the open borders and free labor market that they themselves benefit from. Some seek to criminalize the very presence of the newest Americans.

Time will tell how soon this weekend's public demonstrations will impact public policy. But one thing's for sure. The anti-immigrant forces no longer have the public stage to themselves. The silent minority is speaking up. A turning point has been reached. The historic forces that made America great time and time again are once again unloosed. America always was and always will be a nation of immigrants. America has always been the better for it. This time will be no exception. Exciting!