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Anti-Illegal Immigration Protesters Rally In San Diego

POSTED: 12:13 pm PDT June 18, 2006
UPDATED: 12:43 pm PDT June 18, 2006

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SAN DIEGO -- Anti-illegal immigration bikers on the 21st Century Paul Revere Ride made a stop in San Diego on Sunday for a rally with kindred spirits.

The rally began at 11 a.m. at a county administration building.

Jim Gilchrist of the Minuteman Project; state Sen. Bill Morrow, R-San Juan Capistrano; Ted Hayes of the Crispus Attucks Brigade; and Frosty Wooldridge of the Wake Up America Foundation were among the speakers expected.

Rally organizer Susie Hawkes said she and her compatriots are not racists, and they don't oppose immigration -- just illegal immigration.


The ride began in Denver and will travel through 48 states before arriving in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 12.

The group wants to draw attention to what it calls an "invasion of illegal immigrants."

After visiting San Diego, the bikers will head for Phoenix, Hawkes said.

City News Service contributed to this report.
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