Early in october, 8 members (all democrats) of the House of Representatives were arrested outside of the house while protesting for the passing of the bill for citizenship. The reason they were protesting is because they feel the issue of immigration is being pushed aside and belittled by health care and the government shutdown. This rally also caused a huge issue because it was held in the middle of the National Mall, which is a national park and currently all national parks are supposed to be closed and off limits because of the shutdown. Despite all this, they were able to continue their rally and protest and this of course created issues over twitter and other social media. People commented that it was unfair since a week prior to the event several WW2 veterans weren't able to enter the memorial because it was shut..... um #cray, double standard. After the arrests and the rally, house republican members commented that the issue of immigration should have just been fixed and that by granting illegals citizenship it could actually help the economy which is why the government is shut down.... um how about no. We still do not know if they are gonna pass the immigration bill but we shall see in the future.
They really should just fix this issue because it is kind of getting out of hand, and it is making the governments other decisions a lot harder because now they have so much shit to take care of.... and its getting crazy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/us/8-lawmakers-arrested-at-immigration-protest.html?_r=0
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