Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of Jan. 23, 2007
[CA] Push comes to shove for Antelope Valley Minutemen
Antelope Valley Press / Jan. 21, 2007
SaveOurState coordinator Don Silva scuffled with a teenage Hispanic girl he
called "ghetto trash" and used a bullhorn to order day laborers to fetch him
tacos during a boisterous protest organized by the Antelope Valley
Independent Minutemen.
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[TX] Imprisoned ex-agents 'intended to shoot Mexicans'
Houston Chronicle / Jan. 19, 2007
Two Congressmen accused the Department of Homeland Security of wrongly
withholding an investigative report revealing that two ex-Border Patrol
agents imprisoned last week for shooting a drug smuggler knew the man was
unarmed and posed no threat.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=99#2
[AZ] Proposed legislation would outlaw armed vigilante patrols
The Daily Dispatch / Jan. 20, 2007
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Phoenix) is sponsoring a bill that would make
it a crime for any individual or group "not affiliated with law enforcement"
to conduct patrols "to detect alleged illegal activity" while carrying
firearms.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=99#3
[IA] Minutemen protest superhighway
The Des Moines Register / Jan. 18, 2007
Members of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps voiced their opposition to a
proposed highway linking the U.S. with Canada and Mexico, claiming its
construction would lead to the loss of their rights as U.S. Citizens.
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[PA] Laws targeting immigrants face legal setbacks
The Associated Press / Jan. 20, 2007
State and federal judges are blocking municipal ordinances that fine
landlords for renting to illegal immigrants.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=99#5
For the week of Jan. 17, 2007
[USA] Website engages in "virtual vigilantism"
Tucson Citizen / January 15, 2007
Critics say Wehirealiens.com is on shaky legal ground with publishing
anonymous, unverified accusations of specific businesses employing illegal
immigrants.
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[TX] U.S. Border Watch vows to shut down labor sites
KHOU News / January 14, 2006
U.S. Border Watch members clashed with day laborers outside a shopping
center the anti-immigration group targeted as part of its campaign to "bring
the closure of every day laborer site in Houston."
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[TX] Ex-Border Patrol agents report to prison
El Paso Times / January 17, 2006
Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean began serving 11 and 12-year
sentences, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the buttocks as he
fled back to Mexico.
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[USA] Pizza chain gets death threats for accepting pesos
The Coloradoan / January 14, 2007
Dallas-based Pizza Patron, a chain with 59 stores, has received death
threats and hate mail since announcing its new policy of accepting
pesos from its 60 percent Hispanic clientele.
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LEARN MORE
Want to learn more about the anti-immigration movement? Read these articles
from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report:
*** Deadly Force ***
A profile of Roy Warden, a hard line anti-immigration activist who routinely
threatens Latinos with death
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=671
*** The Nativists ***
A survey of hardliners who are fanning the flames of anti-immigration
extremism
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=701
*** The Little Prince ***
An investigative profile of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leader Chris
Simcox
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?site_area=1&aid=149
*** Playing Rough ***
Profiles of some of the more than 40 anti-immigration vigilante outfits
formed in the first six months after the Minuteman Project
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=571
*** The Puppeteer ***
A report detailing links between white supremacist organizations and
anti-immigration groups backed by Federation for American Immigration Reform
(FAIR) founder John Tanton
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=93
*** Open Season ***
A 2003 feature on anti-immigration vigilantes in the pre-Minuteman era
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=19
*** The Battle of Georgiafornia ***
A feature on the hate crime backlash against Hispanic immigrants in Georgia
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=505
*** Arizona Showdown ***
A feature on the landmark April, 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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