Immigration Clearinghouse

Saturday’s “Tea Parties Against Amnesty” was another abysmal failure for ALIPAC’s egomaniacal leader William Gheen, as we predicted it would be.

Gheen had promised more than 5000 attendees in more than 53 cities nationwide, and it simply didn’t happen.

Gheen, and his buddies at NUMBERSUSA, rationalize this as being because they had only a month to organize. In truth, it shows that a super majority of Americans find these groups boorish and want a real solution to the problem of immigration in our country. The nativist, hate tinged solution that ALIPAC, CIS, FAIR and others propose is not what American’s desire.

Saturday had some interesting moments though.

IN MINNESOTA, ALIPAC GETS PUNKED

In Minnesota,the word was that a speaker at the Minnesota rally in ALIPAC’s “Tea Party Against Amnesty” would be sharing a special message, and indeed he was.

Ruthie Hendrycks, leader of the anti-immigrant and anti-Latino group MINN-SIR ( Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform), and conservative radio host/ former GOP gubernatorial candidate Sue Jeffers hosted the event,which drew 75 or under supporters and a couple dozen counterprotesters.

“”Robert Erickson” of Minneapolis rallied the anti-immigration part of the crowd with his objections to the mass invasion of America by immigrants who brought disease and took away jobs. They stayed with him as he called for a mass deportation of these invaders.

To Europe!

Now we know the anti-immigration lobby ain’t too bright, as evidenced in the persona of William Gheen. Most of the MINN-SIR supporters were slow to catch the satire, and so the cheering from that side of the crowd took a while to subside. As they realized they’d been punked, they stood in a cold, stunned silence, while the 30 or so counter-protesters urged Columbus to go home.

And then the ALIPAC’ers attacked the students who were laughing at them.

Here’s the speech courtesy of BLUESTEMPRAIRIES.COM

Twin Cities Indymedia adde more coverage in Anti-Racists Steal the Show at White Supremacist “Tea Party Against Amnesty”.

I imagine Willy Gheen loved this.

But speaking of Gheen, how does he spin the failure of his much taunted Tea Baggers Against Amnesty? He points to a incident in Fort Lauderdale where his “activists” are allegedly attacked by a group not associated with the pro migrant community.

Here’s Willies propaganda video. Keep in mind, the editing is all ALIPAC’s so we can expect it to show the action from their perspective.

As I said, ANSWER, is in no way, form or fashion, associated with, vetted by or acknowledged as being a member of the pro-immigrant movement. From a quick peek at their website, it appears they are a Pro-Palestinian right group, which in it’s own right, is not a bad thing.

Also in the Fort Lauderdale protest, was a moron dressed in the contentious “illegal alien” costume, which Target and Amazon.com pulled from it’s inventory, amidst an outcry from certain groups. Gheen came to the defense of the vendors and promoted it as good clean fun. Another Gheen lie, which the photo show the real intent of the costume.

Phoenix Arizona

Phoenix Arizona’s rally at the state capitol was a rousing success from the point of view of ALIPAC supporters which included JT Ready of the National Socialist Movement, who was out in force, with nativist bikers Riders against illegal aliens. Contrary to reports from Gheen that his organizers would have these cretins removed from the events, just the opposite occurred. Reporters and others labeled by Gheen as “La Raza Supporters” were asked to leave the capitol law, something allowed by ALIPAC’s protest permit.

The Feathered Bastard has it covered in his article titled, Hillbilly Hootenanny: Nativist Jabronis Occupy the Arizona State Capitol for Yet Another Hatefest

The Bastard had this to say:

Who’re worse, behavior-wise, the nativists or the neo-Nazis? Sure, neo-Nazis are nefarious and nuts. But the nativists make the neo-Nazis look urbane by comparison. And in some ways the nativists are more violent, despite the fact crazy old crones with canes and old dudes in mobility scooters are overrepresented in their ranks. Plus, the nativists are far more hypocritical

Saturday’s anti-amnesty tea party at the Arizona state Capitol was no exception to the rule. Around 80 lumpen losers turned up to bag on “anchor babies” (otherwise known as American citizens born on U.S. soil to undocumented parents), and to scapegoat Mexican immigrants for everything from the H1N1 virus and the financial crisis, to the collapse of the housing market and Arizona’s budget mess.

The same crap you read on Gheen’s website, ALIPAC

Lemmon’s summed it up well.

The good news is that if Saturday’s pathetic turn-out is indicative of the state of opposition to amnesty, amnesty probably has a better shot than some might think. This angry passel of anti-Mexican fanatics is losing steam. And while they should be considered dangerous and monitored, the world has moved on, leaving them behind, while they’ve hardly noticed.

All in all, we can call this another one of William Gheen’s abysmal failures, which include:

1. His claim to have caused the defeat of NJ governor Jon Corzine;

2. Scuttle or delay the nomination and confirmation of the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor

3. Prevent In-State Tuition at NC Community Colleges

4. Prevent the firing of CNN’s Lou Dobbs

5. Expose our President as an “illegal alien” by aligning himself with the “birther” movement

and the list goes into the the thousands of examples, all which can be found on his forum at ALIPAC.us

Other sites covering William Gheen’s abysmal failure.

Bluestem Prairie: Activist punks Tea Party Against Amnesty; rally supporters assault protesters

I don’t Hate America

Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: INFIGHTING BETWEEN HATE GROUPS: So Much Infighting Between ANTI Immigration Reformers, TeaBaggers and ANTI Obama Birthers!

Long Island Wins: Anti-Immigrant Tea Parties Weak, Not Sweet

Long Island Wins: Tea Party gets punk’d

Hispanic/Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF: Compilation of 11/14 Activities

The Wonk Room: Do Anti-Immigration Tea Parties Have Dick Armey’s Blessing?

The Unapologetic Mexican: Columbus Go Home!

SPLC: Comments and Blog on Tea Parties