America is a country of symbols, and symbolically, this has been a really good demonstration of how the people will get involved to solve the immigration problem. |
Clearly there is no magical way to measure the impact of today. But the numbers are real. Latinos spend $26 million a day in this state and they are making a real impact, whether they connect with this issue or not. |
It does keep the momentum going and keeps it on the front pages and on the minds of the public who have been inconvenienced. The boycott demonstrated how virtually every product that the public buys and every service the public receives has been touched by a Latino immigrant. |
It really depends on whether people choose to stay home and meditate and reflect, as we are asking people to do. |
It's a major sacrifice for someone to give up a whole day of earnings, but some of them have turned this week. |
The ultimate goal is to do as President Bush has urged a couple of days ago, to urge Congress to come to grips with solving the broken down immigration plan. We've talked with workers and they're responding positively, they want to communicate the seriousness of their purpose. Workers want to continue to produce a product and service that helps our economy. |
We feel that students should remain in the school. We're very high on that and have consistently been publicly urging students to stay in school. |
We just did not feel comfortable with people being out there stretched out in single file where they could be subject to accidents and possibly expose themselves to provocation from outside groups. |
We want to let those workers know we support them and that we're continuing our efforts to bring about change that would allow workers to safely proceed with their daily work without the fear that they will be subject to arrest. |
We will undoubtedly be involved, but we haven't made any arrangements yet. |
We've gotten the attention of the public and the state and federal lawmakers. Now it's their responsibility to act. |
What occurred on March 24 is a consequence of the people being tired of the treatment we are receiving. The first step has already been taken, we organized ourselves and have completed the first phase, now we have to prepare for the second. |