Make America Great Again organizers holding march at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley

FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Dozens arrived early Saturday, June 3, for an 11 a.m. Make America Great Again march organized by the Southern California Silent Majority MAGA at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley.

More than 200 had gathered in the park as the 11 a.m. event got started.

The event’s organizers said they plan to march four miles along the park’s perimeter and host speakers such as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, and Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach.

Billed as a “family friendly” day with a barbecue, the event will also be held in opposition to the “sanctuary bill” SB 54.

“We’re not opposed to immigration,” event leader and Tustin resident Darlene Savord said ahead of the event. “We’re opposed to illegal immigration. If you want to be a citizen, do it the right way.”

Westminster resident Elena Rutkowski was one of the at least 50 to arrive early.

Rutkowski, a former trustee with the Westminster School District, said she came to show her support for President Donald Trump.

“He’s doing a good job,” she said. “We need to support him instead of cutting him down at every opportunity.”

She brought homemade signs reading “No Sanctuary States” and “Oppose SB54.”

Savord said she hopes the event will provide a forum for supporters of the president to express their agreement with his policies.

She said she’s “proud” of Trump, praising his recent decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

“He loves his country, and I think people are beginning to realize it,” she said.

Regarding Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal, Rutkowski, an immigrant from Poland, said she was impressed.

“I think it was the best thing he ever did,” she said.

The march comes more than two months after 2,000 Trump supporters showed up at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. A brawl erupted when a group of counter-protesters met the marchers, which resulted in some people being hit with  pepper spray.

Norwalk resident Cheryl Brawl drove with Elena Cervantes of Santa Fe Springs to attend Saturday’s march.

Brawl, who held an American flag on a pole over her shoulder, said the Make America Great Again event in Huntington Beach two months ago was peaceful until protesters arrived.

Asked whether she thinks the group will be met by protesters along the march route Saturday, she said, “I get a little leery, but it’s not going to keep me at home. I’m not going to stop living my life.”

Both women wore T-shirts reading “I love when I wake up and Donald Trump is still president.”

Police were seen in the park when the event started.