Rep John Lewis. Image: HuffPost

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Georgia Congressman John Lewis, March 24, 2011 speaking at a rally in front of the Georgia state Capitol to a crowd estimated to be about 5000 screaming illegal aliens and their corporate-funded handlers. Much of the hours-long event was conducted in a foreign language.

The street scream was intended to intimidate Georgia state legislators so they would not pass HB 87, which included E-Verify for most private employers. Full contents of the bill which is no law here.

I wrote a newspaper column about this bill and this street scream in which I mentioned Lewis’ encouragement to the illegal aliens.

From column:

“Speaker after speaker boasted of being in the U.S. illegally and assured the fearless mob that there is a human and civil right to ignore American borders and immigration and employment laws. Having escaped capture at our borders, apparently they are now all oppressed victims suffering persecution in America … but entitled to U.S. citizenship. The defiant warning was repeated over and over again: “We will gain the right to vote and pay you back.”

The organizers of the event, a mix of socialists, anarchists, local ethnic hustlers and the ACLU (but I repeat myself) appointed some of their own to work crowd control. This long-time American watched as curious American citizen observers were refused access to certain sections of public property – Georgia Capitol grounds – by these radicals. Capitol Police and State Patrol officers warned Americans to obey those orders.

In speeches, some well-known Democrats – including U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta – urged the mob on and assured them they were right and would be victorious. And that help was on the way. The rally was originally scheduled for May Day – the traditional socialist workers holiday. The Democratic legislators who are also trying to kill immigration enforcement in Georgia convinced the organizers to move it up in hopes that it would help snuff the legislation before the looming end of the legislative session.

There were no arrests by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, charged with enforcement of our immigration laws. That might have caused a scene.”

The goal of the rally was to kill HB 87.

Entire column here.

WE ARE STILL HOPING THE REPUBLICANS WHO RULE GEORGIA WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT.

Video of the Lewis speech here.

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The below transcript is from Rev.com .

“Good afternoon.

My, uh… sisters and brothers.

(Crowd cheers.)

Thank you to every one of you for being here. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said on one occasion, “There is not anything more powerful than the commitment and the delegation of a determined people.” You are determined.

(Crowd cheers.)

You… You must not give up. You must not give in. Continue to do everything possible to keep this bill from passing [crosstalk 00:00:18]. Use [crosstalk 00:00:18] Use everything… [crosstalk 00:00:18].

(Crowd cheers.)

Many, many years ago, when I had all of my hair and few pounds lighter,[crosstalk 00:00:18] and I was involved constantly in the civil rights movement, I got arrested a few times… 40 times.

(Crowd cheers.)

I was beaten, left bloody, but I didn’t give up. And, you must not give up, until the [crosstalk 00:01:13].

(Crowd cheers. claps.)

This issue of immigration is not a state issue, it is a not a county issue, it is not a city issue, it’s an issue of the national government, and not the government of the State of Georgia.

(Crowd cheers.)

As a matter of fact, we all are brothers and sisters. It doesn’t matter whether we are Black, White, Latino, Asian American, Native American, we are one people. We are one family. We are one [crosstalk 00:01:58].

(Crowd cheers.)

We have all lived in the same house. If anyone of us is illegal then we are all illegal!

(Crowd cheers.)

There’s no illegal human being. Say it over and over again, all across America. We must say out to the State of Georgia and to other states, that we do not want Arizona type legislation here in the State of Georgia.

(Crowd cheers.)

So keep it up. If any get arrested and go to jail, I’m prepared to get arrested and go to jail with you.

(Crowd cheers.)

If one of us are arrested… if one of us are put in jail, then you all should be put in jail.

(Crowd cheers.)

The jails of Georgia, the jails of America are not large enough to hold all of us.

(Crowd cheers.)

So, get out there. Get out there. Make some noise, work hard, and we will get justice here in the State of Georgia and all around America. Organize. Organize. Speak out. Speak out. Keep the faith and keep America [inaudible 00:03:36].

(Crowd cheers.)