Centro Sin Fronteras and radio host Rafael Pulido, who is known as El Pistolero, are coordinating the action. The Centro has been in the forefront of organizing protests for immigrant rights here. Pulido’s radio show played an important role in building the first major immigrant rights march nationwide this year, which drew 300,000 people in downtown Chicago on March 10.

The March 10 Committee, which organized the huge mobilizations for immigrant rights in Chicago on March 10 and May 1, has endorsed the July 19 action.

“We called the march to send a message to the government that the raids, deportations, and separation of families must stop,” said Elvira Arrellano, a campaigner for immigrant rights here who is herself fighting government efforts to deport her. “The rules put on employers, including using no-match [Social Security] letters against workers, need to be dropped so they don’t start firing workers. We’re demanding legalization.”

Protesters will assemble in the morning at Union Park, at Ashland Ave. and Lake St., organizers said. They will march to Federal Plaza at 230 S. Dearborn St. in downtown Chicago, where a rally will be held at 1:00 p.m.  
 
 
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