Some people circulated petitions. Barbara Coe of the California
Coalition for Immigration Reform handed out copies of a flyer "Mexico's
Immigration Laws." "Grassroots can do a lot," in the view of Larry
Ball, a retired maintenance electrician from central Michigan. He
and his wife joined the caravan in their truck camper starting in Birmingham,
AL. Ball said the caravan had "nothing but support--thumbs up all
along the highway." After Birmingham they also held rallies in Atlanta,
GA and Richmond, VA. Ball said it was his wife's idea to join the
caravan. He stated, "We feel strongly about this illegal immigration.
There's people on our caravan that have lost their jobs because of illegal
immigrants, and its not going to get any better unless we do something.
We just want the laws that are on the books enforced, that's all."
He suggested fining employers "$10,000 a day for every illegal alien and
use the money to secure the borders, and that's all you have to do." |