The United States, Bill of Rights, The First Amendment "...or the right of the people peaceably to assemble..."
Preston, Julia. "Immigration Advocates Rally for Change." New York Times. New York Times Corporation, 1 May 2010. Web. 07 May 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02immig.html?src=mv
The Freedom Assembly in the First Amendment is important it allows for people to safely assemble and does not allow congress to make any law impeding said freedom from the citizens. The Freedom of Assembly is a very important freedom along with the Freedom of Petition because it allows for somewhat of a rebellion that cannot and should not be contained by government. Not rebellion in the armed rebellion sense but, rebellion as in peaceful ways that express the feelings of what a person or group is feeling about any situation that arises.
The article is about the Immigrant Reform Marches that took place on May 1st, 2010. On May 1st all over the United States there was many marches over the legislation that took place on April 23rd in Arizona where laws that are basically racial profiling stated taking effect. This lead to many marches all over the United States asking for immigrant reforms as well as asking for some sort of law that goes against this law because many think that it is unusually unlawful and it is racist. This shows that the constitution is living and in action because if not than these immmigrant reform marches and protests would be unable to happen.
On the subject of immigration I have many different opinions that sometimes contradict each other but for one I think that the law that took effect in Arizona is unlawful and against what this nation is about. I do not think that racial profiling is appropriate and to be quite honest no different than how Hitler racially profiled the Jews in the 1930s and early 1940s. Although I do not believe in the law approved in Arizona I am not fond of illegal immigration, I am not fond because it is illegal and immigrants although they contribute to the economy do not pay income taxes yet use many benefits and sometimes take advantage of benefits for tax paying citizens of the United States. Although I do not agree upon immigration I am not anti-immigrant because my parents at one or another were illegal citizens. The founding fathers strongly believed in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but illegal immigration is wrong, so should people look down upon what Arizona has done?
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