Protest planned outside Hoag

Members of the Minuteman Project are expected to protest this morning against illegal immigration and health-care reform in front of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.

“We call upon the citizens of Orange County, as well as across the nation, to take action — become proactive — by visiting their local hospitals and calling upon the medical staff of hospitals to petition [President Obama] to deny illegal [immigrants] hospital services and the medical services that is [sic] in part responsible for the decimation of America’s health care,” the organization said in a written statement on the protest.

The demonstration is slated for 11 a.m. at the corner of Newport Boulevard and Hospital Road.

— Brianna Bailey