Activists hold rally in Rancho Cucamonga opposing amnesty

Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.儲存Oct. 09--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- In response to recent national "Day of Dignity and Respect" demonstrations put on by immigration reform advocates, local activists who say they oppose amnesty for undocumented workers rallied Tuesday in front of the offices of local House representatives.Claremont-based We The People, California's Crusader, led by anti-illegal immigration activists Raymond Herrera and Robin Hvidston, returned to the Rancho Cucamonga office of Rep. Gary Miller, where last week they staged a counter protest when immigration reform activists were calling for Miller's support."In Washington, they are holding a large rally in the mall, so today we are rallying in front of Congressmen Miller's office," Hvidston said. "We are calling for the support of American workers in legislation. The name of the event in Washington D.C. today is Dignity and Respect for American Workers."The activists say undocumented workers take jobs away from legal residents."We have American workers that have lost their jobs to people who are in this country illegally," Hvidston said. "Construction jobs used to be good paying jobs for American citizens. Sadly, today those jobs are being filled by individuals who are in this country illegally."We The People, California's Crusader, which was formed in 2009, has been busy campaigning against legislation they say would provide amnestmini storage for millions of undocumented immigrants and policy decisions that allow the use of non-English languages on signage.Herrera formed the group as an offshoot of his work as a Minuteman, patrolling the nation's borders to watch for illegal immigrants entering the country."Amnesty is to surrender America as far as the American worker and the American family is concerned," Herrera said.The group hopes House members prevent a Senate-passed immigration reform bill from reaching the White House."We will send a clear message to our lawmakers, as constituents, to not pass amnesty legislation in the House of Representatives," Hvidston said in a statement.Martha Figueroa, political director for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action fund, attended last week's rally at Miller's office, in addition to the "Day of Dignity and Respect" rally in front of San Bernardino City Hall on Saturday."(Undocumented) people, for the most part, contribute to the economy, instead of taking from the economy," Figueroa said. "In particular, immigrants do a lot of the jobs that most Americans don't want to do, such as agriculture."We the People spread their message earlier in the day at the Huntington Beach office of Rep. Dana Rohrbacher.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) Visit the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) at .dailybulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage