Posted on 02/11/2007 9:45:35 AM PST by chicagolady
Rosanna Pulido is proud of her Mexican heritage. So proud that she has committed herself to championing the rights of Mexicans and other immigrants who, like her own parents, came to this country to live the American dream. Legally, that is. Pulido actively fights illegal immigration -- she founded the Illinois Minuteman Project, a civilian group that works against illegal immigration, in 2005 -- and believes illegal immigrants dilute opportunities for those who arrive legally. For that, she has been painted a traitor to her own people, bombarded with nasty e-mail and threatened with bodily harm.
But that hasn't dissuaded Pulido, a 50-year-old North Center resident, and she's ready to take on a new role. Pulido is the new Illinois chapter leader of You Don't Speak For Me, a Washington, D.C.-based organization made up of U.S.-born Hispanics and legal Hispanic immigrants who believe illegal immigrants -- and politicians eager to pander to special interest groups-- are cheating hard working, legal immigrants and U.S. citizens by diverting already scarce taxpayer resources.
Like the founders of You Don't Speak for Me, she is incensed by some lawmakers' priorities. "We have politicians who've voted in plenty of benefits to illegal aliens like in-state college tuition and low home-loans," said Pulido. "But what about senior citizens who need health care or the fact that Illinois wounded veterans are lowest paid in the U.S.?"
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
Gaining Ground !!
Illegal immigration ping
#15 on the international declaration of human rights is "the right to nationality." This applies even to American culture that lefties world wide hate (ever notice their own rules never seem to apply to them?)
CL, Keep up the Good Fight!
ping
Things might be beginning to change as more LEGAL Immigrants get angry over ILLEGALS.
B U M P
Trust me, I know some legal immigrants who are PROUD to be Americans and are as fed up, if not more than, we are!
Hope groups like this jump all over the House and Senate!
We plan to lobby congress in April!
We plan to lobby congress in April!
We plan to lobby congress in April!
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