Rally Today to “Defend Our Borders”
       Two days after an immigrant group “took over the State House” (Click Here) a Rep. on Beacon Hill is sponsoring a town hall meeting in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House to show support of an immigration policy that will first protect our own borders.
       Rep. Marie Parente (D-Milford) is sponsoring the meeting that will be broadcast live on the Michael Graham show, from 3-5 p.m. on 96.9 FM. The objective is to show state lawmakers that citizens of the state are not in favor of any policy that simply ignores the huge influx of illegal immigrants to this state, or encourages illegal immigration by granting a blanket amnesty.
       Both legal and illegal immigrants flooded the Gardner Auditorium Tuesday with a list of legislative actions they wanted enacted, including restored MassHealth benefits for immigrants, and discounted in-state tuition rates at the state colleges for illegal aliens. Several Democratic candidates running in the gubernatorial primary were quick to promise “a clear path to citizenship” and even spoke of their plan to abolish the phrase “illegal immigrant” as a reference to non-citizens who have come here illegally.
       Organizers of the rally today are encourage people to wear red, white and blue, and have cautioned individuals to not carry any banners or signs to the State House.