Thread: IL: immigration issue in Rahm's former district election

Originally posted: February 6, 2009
Illegal immigration looms as an issue in the 5th Congressional District special election

Rosanna Pulido, founder of the Illinois Minuteman Project and head of the Illinois chapter of You Don't Speak For Me, Hispanics opposed to illegal immigration, has survived a petition challenge and will be on the Republican ballot in the 5th Congressional District primary March 3.

Pulido is a frequent and often feisty guest on the local talk radio circuit and should prove to be an interesting candidate. The petition challenge was the work of Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Pulido's campaign said Hoyt went so far as to question the validity of the signature of Pulido's father.

Hoyt said he didn't remember that, specifically, but that he challenged hundreds of signatures on Pulido's petitions and found many of them invalid. An ICIRR account of the petition fight is here. He directed me to this YouTube of a Pulido speech
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Excellent news...the 5th Congressional District deserves an intelligent, conservative woman who knows the issues facing Americans, seniors, veterans, families these days and who knows the meaning of hard work and fiscal conservatism. Rosanna Pullido would be a welcome CHANGE for the 5th District. Hoyt like the rest of the pro-illegal immigration advocates wastes his donor's money in trying to challenge anyone who opposes his open borders, pro-illegal immigration agenda.
Posted by: legalatina | Feb 6, 2009 11:33:57 PM

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Hope she wins. She sure has guts. Most people probably aren't even aware that there could actually be an Hispanic Republican who says to the invasion activists: You don't speak for me!

Rule of law, citizens' rights to vote, and to petition - the CENSUS is upon us, too. Citizens everywhere must get involved with protesting the government.

Census, E-Verifying I-9 Immigration Forms, Anchor Baby Laws - Fix 14th Amendment, Border Fence, No More Visas - Americans First to Work or Jobs