Karl Rove's house swamped by immigration protestors
Several hundred protesters stormed Karl Rove's front lawn Sunday afternoon to demand support for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Rove, President Bush's chief political strategist, had only one comment for the chanting protesters - "Get off my lawn."
The protesters were with National People's Action, a neighborhood advocacy group based in Chicago. The group was holding an annual conference in D.C. and decided to drive their buses to Rove's house to demonstrate.
The group's weekend itinerary was posted on its Web site, and while there was no protest listed on it, there is a warning at the top that reads, "If you've been to NPA before, you know that the agenda changes to seize opportunities that are ripe for the moment."
The DREAM Act it was supporting would allow immigrants who have lived in the country for at least five years to apply for citizenship once they graduate high school. This would allow immigrants to be able to attend affordable state colleges.
The bill has passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee but has yet to be brought before the full Senate.
While the protesters surrounded Rove's house, holding signs and shouting for him to speak, he stayed inside until the police and Secret Service arrived, according to The Post. He also yelled at the protestors that they succeeded in making his child and a neighborhood child cry.
Rove eventually agreed to meet with two of the organization's leaders, if the rest of the protesters would leave his property. The conversation lasted two minutes in his garage, and ended with Rove closing the garage door on a still-speaking protest leader.
