Posted on 03/10/2006 6:23:21 PM PST by chicagolady
Meet Rosanna Pulido, the face of the Minuteman Project in Illinois.
On January 29 a dozen members of the Illinois Minuteman Project marched in the drizzling rain down Keller Road in Waukegan toward a grassy area the police had cordoned off for them across the street from Holy Family Parish. Two weeks earlier members of the church had met with village officials to protest a crackdown on drivers who didn’t have licenses, many of whom were Hispanic. Now the Minutemen were holding a counterprotest. They carried signs that read COME LEGALLY , WORK LEGALLY , DRIVE LEGALLY , and AMERICANS ARE THREATENED. WHY? They waved American flags, Spirit of ’76 flags, and Gadsden flags, with the coiled rattlesnake warning DON ’ T TREAD ON ME. When the marchers joined the other Minutemen in the grassy area they formed a crowd of 50 to 60 people, a third of them women. In the middle stood a Hispanic woman, Rosanna Pulido, wearing a floppy Uncle Sam hat and holding a poster that read IF YOU CAN’ T PAY THE FINE, DON’ T DO THE CRIME. Pulido founded the Illinois Minuteman Project at the end of last summer as a chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a national organization started in 2004 by Chris Simcox and Jim Gilderist, who thought President Bush and his administration weren’t doing enough to keep drugs, criminals, illegal immigrants, and terrorists from crossing the border. “We just want people to respect the law, no matter their ethnicity,” Pulido says. “This isn’t about race. It’s about defending citizens who are here. We want the people of Illinois to be outraged enough that they get off their couches and take back their state.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagoreader.com ...
Carmen Mercer from The Minuteman National Headquarters came out to Chicago to support me as we had 100,000 people march againt the Illinois Minuteman project and HR 4437. We got tons of media.
It was a great team building experience for all who came down.
Immigration Minuteman Ping.
How have you been doing?
Fabulous! We had a great day with lots of press, I know our membership will BOOM!!
Thanks for asking!!
Good.
TOO MANY Illegal aliens ping!
Ping
Best of luck, I'm with you in spirit
Thanks, I appreciate it!!
Keep up the good work.
Next time I say we rent a green panel van and have two magnetic sigsn up that say "ICE". Then we'll just sit there wearing dark sunglasses and taking random pictures.
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Saw your quote in the CBS2Chicago website story today! Perfect words.
Did you actually counter protest them today?
I'm very proud of you, sorry I can't join you though, I retired and left "the town that works", moved to a small town in Indiana with fewer illegals.
Congratulations on a job well done. Keep fighting the good fight.
Taxman Bravo Zulu!
God Bless you for what you are doing!
Thanks, chicagolady...big time.
I saw your interview with abc7 aired last nite and again this am ... great job ... you make us proud!
I saw your interview with abc7 aired last nite and again this am ... great job ... you make us proud!
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