Chapter 919

Boom boom boom~~~~~

A black Chevrolet was driving on the streets of New York.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu sat in the car, sipping~~~ drinking Mixue Bingcheng milk tea…… well, the one Jimmy Zai came up with.

Ever since the first meeting,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu finally had a suitable excuse to get a black Chevrolet (Captain America castrated version) from Jimmy Zai.

Since then, the sense of security had greatly increased.

Brake————

Just at this time,

The car stopped suddenly.

Driver Brian said to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Boss, there is a parade in front, let them pass first……"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked over and sure enough saw a long parade procession.

Hundreds of tricolor Mexican flags fluttered in the wind, like a flowing rainbow covering the whole street.

In addition, there were a large number of signs:

"Protest against the "Illegal Immigration Control Act"!"

"Cancel the "Act"!"

"Illegal immigrants also have rights!"

Most of those holding flags were young people with dark skin, and the white words "We are workers, not criminals" were printed on their T-shirts.

"Cancel H. R. 4437!"

"Illegal immigrants also have rights!"

"My parents are not criminals!"

"Without immigrants, New York will stop!"

"We are also Americans!"

"Without us, you won't be able to eat breakfast!"

Constantly shouting various slogans.

A man wearing a baseball cap in the front row held a megaphone, his hoarse voice piercing through the crowd: "They want to lock us in prison! Want to tear our families apart! We want to work! We want to survive!"

The scale of the parade was very large, at least tens of thousands of people.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was already used to it.

Happy America, parade every day.

The specific reason for this parade had to start from the end of last year (December 2005), when the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Republican James Sensenbrenner, pushed hard and passed a bill in the House of Representatives—the "Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act."

The bill classified illegal immigration as a felony and severely punished employers.

Specifically:

1. Directly classified "illegal stay in the United States" as a felony, breaking the precedent of only handling it with civil penalties;

2. Required the construction of a 700-mile-long security isolation wall on the U. S. -Mexico border to strengthen border control;

3. Severely punished those who assisted illegal immigrants, including employers, charitable organizations, and individuals providing assistance, all of whom could face criminal accountability.

And in the United States, there were more than 12 million illegal immigrants.

That is to say, as long as this bill was pushed through, the United States would suddenly have 12 million criminals.

As for why the Republican Party (conservative) wanted to push this bill?

Hmm……

Refer to Hong Kong's push for repatriation of immigrants, and you will roughly understand the essence of this matter.

Immigrants vs locals, job opportunities, interests……

It was just a game.

If it were in Hong Kong, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu would naturally be very supportive of repatriating immigrants.

But in the United States, the more chaotic the better, how could 12 million illegal immigrants be enough? It must be 20 million, 50 million!

Hehehehe~~~~

……

This bill was full of contradictions.

On one hand, conservative citizens worried that illegal immigrants would snatch job opportunities and lower wage levels. Is this very familiar? It was one of the reasons why white people disliked Chinese people.

On the other hand, all walks of life at the bottom of the United States relied on the cheap labor provided by illegal immigrants; in the manufacturing, construction, and catering industries, the proportion of illegal immigrants reached 20%, 13%, and 16% respectively.

……

This bill had already passed the House of Representatives vote in December 2005.

Then from January to March 2006, more and more immigrants began to protest, starting from sporadic protests and gradually increasing.

On March 24, New York took the lead in erupting into a large-scale parade, with more than 500,000 people gathering in front of City Hall, the white placards merging into a "sea of people," becoming the first iconic protest.

Within a week, 140 cities in 39 states including Chicago and San Francisco followed suit, shouting the slogan "Not criminals, but workers."

On May 1, protesters launched the "A Day Without Immigrants" action, demonstrating the influence of immigrants on the U. S. economy through collective "absence" such as strikes, school strikes, and market strikes.

On that day, 600,000 people in New York participated in the parade, setting the largest immigration protest record in the city's history; more than 60 cities including Chicago and Houston responded simultaneously, and even Mexico held demonstrations to show solidarity.

Restaurants closed, farms stopped work, construction sites were left idle, and media across the United States reported on strikes in various places.

Shocking the whole United States, shocking the whole world!

……

In the car,

Brian asked curiously: "Boss, why don't we support the parade? Happiness Property is supporting the parade."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu took a sip of milk tea and said: "Because we are Republicans."

Brian: "Ah?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu explained: "This looks like an immigrant parade, but it's actually the evil Democratic Party, in order to gain voter support, deliberately creating trouble."

"The Democratic Party has always supported multi-racialism and tolerance, striving for more votes."

"The Republican Party came up with this bill, the Democratic Party of course wants to ruin it; on one hand, it can crush the Republican Party, and on the other hand, it is to strive for the votes of minority ethnic groups."

"All of this is the Democratic Party's conspiracy!"

"So how could I support these immigrant parades?!"

"Long live America!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was full of righteousness, loyal to the Republican Party.

Brian, Li Shengdan, and Barney Ross listened and felt it made sense, but they also felt that Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's tone and demeanor were a bit strange.

(Following Xiao Fu and others: "This shows you aren't familiar enough with Brother Zu yet!")

……

Soon,

By July.

The massive protest eventually forced the "Illegal Immigration Control Act" to die in the cradle, and U. S. immigration reform eventually fell into long-term stagnation.

At the same time, it also allowed 12 million illegal immigrants not to become "criminals."

However, there were also many disadvantages: First: 12 million illegal immigrants could not be legalized.

Second, immigration reform became a "political forbidden zone," and the Democratic Party and the Republican Party estimated that in the next few years, at least before the end of the 2008 election, they would not dare to get involved in this vortex.

……

Next, it was the vigorous midterm elections in August/September/October/November, deciding the new session of Senators and Representatives.

And at this time, as one of the party's candidates pushed hard by the Democratic Party—Obama, was actively acting.

This year was the first midterm election year for Obama to enter the Senate, and he was working hard to express himself by relying on his 2004 performance and the "support" of Umbrella Property.

He crossed 15 states (most of which were swing states) in three months, participating in nearly 40 campaign rallies and fundraising activities, equivalent to one activity every 2 days on average.

In Arizona and Nevada, where the immigration issue was white-hot, Obama's platform appearances were particularly frequent.

He joined forces with Latino candidates many times to create momentum, directly linking election issues with immigration rights, criticizing the "Illegal Immigration Control Act" led by the Republican Party, and calling on voters to support the "tolerant" Democratic Party.

This move could be called ruthless!

Arizona and Nevada had always been the Republican Party's dominant areas.

Obama did this, and the two states directly defected to the Democratic Party (Democratic candidates were elected)!

Of course, Obama was also very good at being a person, and also used his own fundraising ability to transfuse blood for his colleagues in the party; he relied on his super personal charm to raise a large amount of contributions, specifically supporting 14 Democratic House candidates, 11 of whom eventually won.

This move gained him great recognition within the Democratic Party.

……

Los Angeles in September, the temperature was comfortable.

A black Mercedes-Benz stopped downstairs at Umbrella Property Group.

Obama brought his assistant and got out of the car.

Looked up at this building.

He took a deep breath.

The continuous rotation of these three months hadn't eased yet—just flew to Los Angeles from the campaign rally in Nevada, his throat still carried a bit of sand.

But at this moment, it was an important meeting related to the future,

He forcibly suppressed all his fatigue.

This time, besides gratitude, Umbrella Property also had the idea of further drawing him in.

He heard that he was chosen by the Democratic Party as the main candidate this time because Mr. Li Fu of Umbrella Property recommended him to the Democratic Party leader.

The elevator rose steadily, and Obama straightened his tie in the metal mirror.

"Senator Obama, please this way."

Secretary Li Qiao pushed open the door of the top-floor office, interrupting his thoughts.

The office was very large, with a huge solid wood desk, and sitting behind it was a man in a suit, who was none other than Li Fu.

"Mr. Li, long admired!"

"Mr. Obama……"

Obama held Following Xiao Fu's hand and held it tightly: "Mr. Li, thank you for your recommendation and support."

Li Fu laughed: "You know?"

Obama said: "The party leader told me last month."

It was because the party leader discovered that Obama indeed had potential, so he decided to tell him about this matter, letting him come to Umbrella Property to strive for Umbrella Property's support.

Following Xiao Fu was full of righteousness, resembling Brother Zu: "Mr. Obama is too polite, we are Chinese, you are African, on this land, we are all minority ethnic groups."

"Those people in the Republican Party are always high and mighty, discriminating against minority ethnic groups, while we are pursuing fair opportunities, the right to be respected, and not being labeled as 'aliens' at will."

Inner thought: Who the hell is with you guys.

I hate racial discrimination the most…… the second half of the sentence……

"So we should unite." Following Xiao Fu's tone was solemn, "We hope to be able to push you to run for President in 2008, so that we can guarantee the interests of minority ethnic groups."

This was the strategy set by Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

And the reason also made Following Xiao Fu and Jimmy Zai very convinced: if an African is in power, Africans can rise up, and the United States can…… become a mess.

Chaotic times produce heroes.

And they were the ones who wanted to be the heroes!

Obama was fooled, very moved, never expected that this powerful Mr. Li Fu not only didn't discriminate against his skin color, but also wanted to support him in running for President.

"Mr. Li, thank you very much, very honored to be recognized by Mr. Li……"

Inner thought: From now on, Mr. Li is my best friend!

Then he said a lot of grateful words, what good friends, what…… although he didn't say he wanted to run for President, he also expressed that he would definitely focus on the issue of minority ethnic equal rights for Chinese people!

Next,

The two chatted for nearly an hour, from immigration policy to the workplace plight of minority ethnic groups, and finally talked about equal rights.

Before leaving, Li Fu sent Obama to the elevator entrance: "Mr. Obama, good luck in the upcoming election. No matter the result, Umbrella Property will be your solid backing."

Obama held his hand, grateful: "Please rest assured, I will not let you down. After the election, I will definitely come to visit you again, and we will promote the rights and interests of minority ethnic groups together."

The elevator door closed slowly, Obama looked at himself in the mirror, his eyes more excited than when he came.

Never expected!

Never expected at all!

He could actually get the support of such a behemoth!

Once he becomes President, then Africans…… completely let go! Let them have greater power!

……

The elevator door closed, cutting off both sides.