[The people] have entrusted the coalition to guide them in the right direction, and if we do it right now it's going to backfire. |
Any immigration reform has to be comprehensive and not mean-spirited. |
I think that for the most part, people in the community understood the reasons why . . . we asked them to go to work and go to school. Rest assured, if we don't have a bill we can live with, we will have a general strike and a general boycott. |
If we all participate, we will empower respect and real immigration reform. |
Immigrants are coming together in a way that we have never seen before, and it's going to keep going. |
It is [the people's] decision to participate or not. |
It's premature to do the boycott May 1, given that the Senate doesn't get back in session until the week of April 23. We want to see what comes out of the Senate and what compromises (with the House) emerge before we do that. |
Our community has been ready to mobilize, though we have not been able to provide them with the structure and leadership. Now we are all connected. We are all coordinating through the Internet. |
The sleeping giant is awake -- wide awake -- and we're paying close attention. |
The sleeping Latino giant is finally awake. |
This is a movement. We're sending a strong message that we are people of dignity. All that we want is to have a shot at the American dream. |
This is something we need to take very seriously, and consider all the repercussions of not doing it right or of creating a backlash. |
We believe the ball is in the hands of the Senate, [and] they need to answer it. If we don't get a good bill out the Senate, there will be a boycott. |
We could do it and do it well, but this is not the right time to do it. |
We have been able to provide the leadership that our community needs. |