MARCHERS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF
HILLSVILLE TODAY TO PROTEST
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S STANCE
ON
IMMIGRATION.
PROTESTERS WITH THE "MARCH FOR
HUMAINTY" SAY THEY WANT
IMMIGRANTS TO FEEL WELCOME, EVEN
IN A COMMUNITY LIKE
THEIRS THAT VOTED HEAVILY FOR
DONALD TRUMP THIS PAST
NOVEMBER.
W-S-L-S 10'S ROB MANCH WAS WITH
THEM TODAY.
ROB - WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION
FOR THE MARCH?
ORGANIZER SAMANTHA CASTOR TELLS
ME THE IDEA FOR THE MARCH
WAS BORN IN HER LIVING ROOM AS
SHE WATCHED THE COMMOTION THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS CAUSING AT
AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SHE SAYS SHE WANTED TO FIND A
WAY TO SPEAK OUT, AND IT TURNED
OUT
DOZENS OF OTHERS WANTED TO JOIN
HER.
THE MARCH BEGAN SUNDAY IN
FRONT OF THE CARROLL COUNTY
GOVERNMENT BUILDING,
ADDRESSING ALL IN ENGLISH AND
SPANISH.
NATS WE COME FROM A DIVERSE
BACKGROUND, NUESTROS RAISES
ESTAN DIVERSAS, BUT THEY'RE
HERE, ESTAN AQUI, THEY'RE OUR
NEIGHBORS.
THE IDEA FOR THE MARCH CAME LAST
MONTH FROM SAMANTHA CASTOR,
SEEING THE CHAOS AT
AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SAMANTHA CASTOR, MARCH
ORGANIZER: 11:42:42 "I WAS
TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT CAN WE DO?
AND AUGUSTINA KIND OF LOOKED
AT ME AND SAID WHY DON'T WE JUST
DO IT OURSELVES?"
AGUSTINA SILVA, MARCH ORGANIZER:
11:43:38 "WE
REACHED OUT AND I GUESS WE
TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF
PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK IT'S OK
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND WANT
TO BE PART OF IT AND WANT TO
SHOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAND
UNITED AND STICK UP FOR
OTHER AMERICANS." WITHIN DAYS,
THE TWO HAD DOZENS
OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING THEM.
BUT THEY LEARNED IT MIGHT BE
DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF.
SAMANTHA CASTOR, MARCH
ORGANIZER: 11:45:35 "WE WOULD
NEED TO GO IN FRONT OF THE TOWN
COUNCIL, AND
THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THEY WOULDN'T AGREE WITH THE
MESSAGE."
BUT CASTOR SAYS A TOWN OFFICIAL
HELPED THEM FIND A WORK
AROUND.
SAMANTHA CASTOR, MARCH
ORGANIZER: 11:45:49 "WENT
THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEARED
TO USE THE SIDEWALKS IN TOWN AND
THAT IF WE NEEDED SUPPORT WITH
TRAFFIC OR CROSSING STREETS OR
ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, WE WOULD HAVE IT WITHOUT
HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE
ACTUAL LEGALITIES OF HAVING TO
GET PERMITS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT." NATS MARCH
THE MARCH LED DOWN NORTH MAIN
STREET, BUT WAS QUICKLY MET WITH
RESISTANCE.
I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE MEN
PROTESTING THE MARCH. PROTESTER:
11:52:04 "SO
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE WORD OF ILLEGAL.
I DON'T THINK THAT HE IS TRYING,
I DON'T THINK THERE'S
EVER BEEN A CITIZEN THROWED OUT
OF THIS COUNTRY. I THINK
IT'S THE ILLEGAL PEOPLE THAT'S
NOT RIGHT, AND NOT PAYING
TAXES, AND GET AWAY WITH STUFF,
AND GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY,
SEND MONEY BACK TO THEIR
COUNTRY."
CASTOR HAD A RESPONSE TO THAT
STATEMENT.
SAMANTHA CASTOR, MARCH
ORGANIZER: 11:41:58 "PEOPLE
WERE BEING DETAINED WHO WERE
LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY,
OR WERE COMING
HERE LEGALLY TO LIVE IN OUR
COUNTRY. REFUGEES,
STUDENTS, PROFESSORS." ACCORDING
TO VARIOUS NEWS
OUTLETS, MANY PEOPLE WERE IN
FACT DETAINED WHO WERE LEGAL
U-S RESIDENTS SHORTLY AFTER THE
ORDER WAS PASSED, AS WELL
AS REFUGEES WHO HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY VETTED.
BETTY SUTTON, FAMILY IMMIGRATED
FROM IRELAND: 11:49:32
"THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON
TODAY THAT'S FAMILY'S HERITAGE
IS NOT FROM SOME OTHER PART OF
THE WORLD, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES
AMERICA GREAT." THE MARCH
ORGANIZERS SAY, TO THOSE
IMMIGRANTS STILL HOPING TO MAKE
IT TO AMERICA, MANY HILLSVILLE
RESIDENTS WILL WELCOME THEM.
AGUSTINA SILVA, MARCH ORGANIZER:
11:47:24 "EVEN THOUGH THIS IS
A HEAVILY CONSERVATIVE AREA,
THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO
WILL LOVE YOU AND WELCOME YOU
AND ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE."
THIS WAS THE FIRST MARCH CASTOR
AND
GELINA L VE ORGANIZED,
T THEY ARE HOPGTILL
CREATE MOMENTUM FOR MORE EVENTS
IN THE FUTURE.
IN STUDIO, ROB MANCH W-S-L-S 10.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét