'Tea party' rallies pass without major incidence

November 17 2009 by Liam Clifford

Campaigners against Barack Obama's US immigration reforms turned out over the weekend to protest at rallies across the country.

More than fifty ‘tea party’ rallies were held across the US last weekend. The anti-amnesty events were organized by the group Americans for legal immigration (ALIPAC), with the group Numbers USA playing a role at events held in Alexandria, Virginia and Pasadena, California.

The reasons behind the protests, according to the organizers, were high unemployment, over-population and declining public services, all being blamed on illegal US immigration The events failed to draw large crowds and were largely attended by grassroots members.

At a rally held in Phoenix, Arizona, Anna Gaines summed up many of the protestors argument. "We need to have borders, secure borders. We cannot give amnesty, because once you say amnesty, they keep coming more and more,"

The events passed relatively peacefully, however, there were reports of some violence and skirmishes between the Anti-amnesty protestors and objectors to their right-wing views on the subject of US immigration.

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