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SIERRA VISTA — The “S.O.S. Borders” organization expects more than 100 people at its rally at the Palominas Trading Post today
The rally is scheduled to go from 9 a.m. to noon.
At noon, demonstrators will form a human fence, intending to send a message to the U.S. Congress about the need for proper border security.
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“We want Congress to understand that we want border security and enforcement of our laws, first and foremost. The purpose of this rally is strictly to focus on border security,” S.O.S. Borders Co-executive Director Kimberly Fletcher said during a phone interview Friday as she waited to board a plane in Atlanta en route to Southeastern Arizona.
The program leading up to the human fence formation comprises speakers who will talk about various perspectives of the immigration problem.
Fletcher will be the first speaker.
She plans to talk about the potential liability of soft immigration rules, from a personal perspective.
“My husband was at the Pentagon on 9/11 when it was hit, and I clearly see the need to patrol our borders,” Fletcher said.
Yeh Ling-Ling, a legal immigrant who is the director of the Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America, is scheduled to speak next.
National Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Director Al Garza is scheduled to take the podium after Ling-Ling, followed by Desert Visions President Cindy Kolb. Both are area residents.
Mothers Against Illegal Aliens President Michelle Dallacroce will speak next. Her organization held a political demonstration on Highway 92 south of Sierra Vista last June.
Legal immigrant and economist Mitch Van Billjon is scheduled to speak next, followed by American Border Patrol President Glenn Spencer and Erin Anderson of Eagle Forum, who will discuss the impact of illegal immigration on women.
Al Rodriguez, president of an organization called the “You Don’t Speak For Me Coalition,” is tentatively scheduled to speak.
Randy Graf, who is currently campaigning for the retiring Jim Kolbe’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, also is scheduled to speak.
At noon, today, human fence demonstrations will take place at Mexican consulates at various locations, including those in Sacramento, Calif.; Tucson; Phoenix; Detroit; St. Paul, Minn.; Bergenfield, N.J.; New York; Butler County, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia; Dallas; San Antonio; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We want them to know that this is what America wants,” Fletcher said.
herald/review reporter Gentry Braswell can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at gentry.braswell@svherald.com.
Bill Stein wrote on Nov 22, 2008 7:45 PM: