HispanicVista Columnists

An e-newsletter monitoring extremism in the anti-immigration movement

For the week of February 11, 2008

[AZ] F-16s Scrambled To Intercept American Border Patrol Pilot
The Sierra Vista Herald / February 10, 2008
Two fighter jets from the military's Western Air Defense Sector were scrambled to intercept a small private plane piloted by American Border Patrol leader Glenn Spencer after Spencer apparently illegally crossed from Mexican airspace into U.S. airspace.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=155#1

[CA] Search For Missing Border Crossers Unites Nativists And 'Border Angels'
San Diego Union-Tribune / February 9, 2008
Members of the Border Patrol Auxiliary, a nativist group started by the founder of the California Minutemen, briefly joined forces with the humanitarian outfit Border Angels to search for a man, woman and young girl who went missing after crossing the border illegally.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=155#2

[CA] San Diego Minutemen Sue California Department of Transportation
San Diego Union-Tribune / February 4, 2008
The San Diego Minutemen filed a federal lawsuit against Caltrans alleging the
state transportation authority improperly discriminated against the anti-immigration group when it moved the group's "Adopt-A-Highway" location away from a border checkpoint.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=155#3

[OR] Nativist Groups Advance Driver's License Bill
Ashland Daily Tidings / February 6, 2008
Supported by Oregonians for Immigration Reform and the Oregon chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a bill strictly requiring proof of U.S. Citizenship to obtain a driver's license unanimously passed Oregon's Senate Transportation Committee.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=155#4

For the week of February 5, 2008

[USA] Latino Group Fights Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech
Houston Chronicle / January 31, 2008
The National Council of La Raza announced a campaign to pressure television network executives to crackdown on hateful anti-immigrant comments by paid commentators and news hosts.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=154#1

[MO] Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Holds Regional Conference
Kansas City Star / February 1, 2008
More than 300 people attended the first night of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps' first regional conference, while 200 anti-racist protesters demonstrated outside.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=154#2

[CT] Anti-Immigration Group Leaflets Black Churches
New Haven Register / January 28, 2008
Members of the predominately white Community Watchdog Project distributed literature at black churches that claims undocumented immigrants are stealing jobs from black laborers.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=154#3

[CA] Minutemen
'Adopt-A-Highway' Relocated After Protests
Los Angeles Times / January 30, 2008
Citing safety concerns, Caltrans shifted the stretch of road "adopted" by the San Diego Minutemen from Interstate 5 near a border checkpoint to a less visible state highway.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=154#4

[UT] Utah Minutemen Back In-State Tuition Repeal
The Salt Lake Tribune / January 30, 2008
The Utah Minuteman Project and Utah Eagle Forum are supporting a bill that would repeal in-state college tuition for undocumented students, which they claim is a magnet for unlawful immigration.
>> splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=154#5

LEARN MORE
To learn more about the anti-immigration movement, read these articles from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report:

*** Immigration Backlash ***
A list of hate crimes against perceived undocumented immigrants - and Latinos in general - shows a dramatic rise in violence.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=845

*** Teflon Nativists ***
The Federation for American Immigration (FAIR) is explored, due to its bigotry and ties to white supremacy.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=846

*** 'Christian' Nativism ***
A look at the way that Christian Right groups are dealing with the contentious issue of illegal immigration.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=724

*** Smokescreen ***
Anti-immigration activists are touting a "black" group as proof that theirs is not a racist movement. But the group is largely a creation of whites.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=672

*** Ruckus on the Right ***
Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox has been an icon of the anti-immigration movement. But now allies are accusing him of improprieties.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=689

*** Policing the Undocumented ***
A lawyer writes that passing anti-'illegal alien' laws may be popular, but the end result will be costly litigation that localities will lose.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=682

*** 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

*** 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 April 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557

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