Hoards of Tea Party “patriots” protested and formed a blockade around U.S. Immigration Services busses of undocumented children, forcing them away from a facility to process them — and, ironically, to prepare to return them home.
Chanting “USA! USA! USA!,” “go home!,” “deport!” and “impeach Obama!,” about 150 Tea Party extremists, who call themselves “patriots” and claim to represent all Americans, yesterday did what they did best: they waved the American flag, held misspelled signs, and protested three busses of young undocumented children who were headed for a federal processing facility. No doubt the children, most of whom are here without parents or other family members, must have been hungry and terrified. But these “pro-family” protestors told reporters they won a “victory,” comparing it to “Omaha Beach.”
The epicenter of yesterday’s Tea Party protests and illegal action against federal agents and the 140 young children was the California town of Murrieta. Mayor Alan Long actually told residents to protest — and they did. The children were to be processed, given physical exams, and readied for deportation. Some were to be temporarily released into families willing to take them while awaiting deportation hearings.
The children are being housed, sleeping literally head to toe, side by side, with barely room to even turn over:
US Health And Human Services Scrambling To Serve Influx Of Immigrant Kids: http://t.co/5ZTbGVtc9l via @foxnewslatino pic.twitter.com/1VVLY7q3K4
— First Focus (@First_Focus) July 1, 2014
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Ultimately, the busses were forced from Murrieta and headed for a federal facility in San Ysidro.Â
Here’s what that looked like yesterday, in video and photos:
This unemployed protestor was angry she “can’t get unemployment because there’s so much money going towards the welfare.”
Here’s CBS News’ report:
And more images:
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Flag-waving California protesters turn back buses carrying immigrant detainees from Texas. http://t.co/jQN9KbPW4W pic.twitter.com/xfDDJqIGYH
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 2, 2014
Protestors gathering in #murrieta.. Waiting for buses arriving with immigrant children and parents @CBS8 pic.twitter.com/L7xxdTIwAM
— Kelly Hessedal (@KellyCBS8) July 1, 2014
Protesters block busloads of poor immigrant children at the border while chanting “USA!” http://t.co/JKOqg0PwfF Sick. pic.twitter.com/WCDQ2OkcOO
— Brian Co (@brianco) July 2, 2014
California protesters block & turn away 3 buses carrying immigrant detainees from Texas. http://t.co/HkdwVT9WNF pic.twitter.com/NKtBb22Vph
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 2, 2014
This #murietta FATriot’s secret weapon against the #immigrant influx: poor spelling. pic.twitter.com/3i4ewN7aaL
— Garrulous34 (@garrulous34) July 2, 2014
Such hatred for immigrant children by these anti-immigrant protesters in Murrieta pic.twitter.com/7lFRPD17pw
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 2, 2014
Grotesque: Flag-waving protesters surround busloads of children with signs: “Illegals out!” http://t.co/JX9Vpduoj1 pic.twitter.com/6tttr0NeNC
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) July 2, 2014
Tea Party Americans intimidating innocent immigrant children. Such “Christian Patriots” pic.twitter.com/JXhuxdMSys
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 2, 2014
Powerful photo from protests in Riverside County that turned away a bus full of undocumented immigrant families. pic.twitter.com/X8Y2EWO7Dt
— mattafact (@mattafact) July 2, 2014
And, of course, the Tea Party point of view:
HEY ILLEGALS…. ARE YOU LOST AND NEED DIRECTIONS? CENTRAL AMERICA IS THAT WAY, NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE US! pic.twitter.com/mhhxMTxRGm
— Dr. White (@THERACISTDOCTOR) July 2, 2014