If the temporary visas can be reviewed only after three years, then our boycott will also be lifted only after three years.
It's beginning to turn out to be quite an impressive day. In these first hours of the boycott and work stoppage, it seems to be having an effect already.
I realize that these folks have got a cause but they hurt the smaller retailers. The boycott hurts them worse than anybody.
Our governor could boycott Mexico. Tell the citizens to boycott Mexico to give us answers.
We are expecting that with this national boycott we will be able to further gain some respect, dignity, and improve the lot of the immigrant community.
When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!
We're kind of just starting, as far as the boycott of BU goes. But you can definitely tell we're getting somewhere. We're putting a lot of pressure on BU and creating a whole lot of stir in the media. Hopefully, it will force the decision makers to be accountable for their actions.
It's premature to do the boycott May 1, given that the Senate doesn't get back in session until the week of April 23. We want to see what comes out of the Senate and what compromises (with the House) emerge before we do that.
That boycott will be against Texaco, Shell and BP. Those two have been chosen initially. We will be adding to that list as we go along letting people know what they need to do.
There were three Selma-to-Montgomery marches in March 1965, and Rosa Parks had missed the first one. Parks, whose act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, moved to Detroit two years later for safety reasons.