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IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of March 13, 2007
[CA] Minuteman Project in state of crisis
The Los Angeles Times / March 11, 2007
Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist is locked in a battle for control
of the organization with three board members amid accusations of
mismanagement and financial impropriety.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=106
[CO] Minutemen call for Wells Fargo boycott
The Daily Sentinel / March 11, 2007
Members of the Rocky Mountain Minutemen and Campo Minutemen shouted at
passersby to boycott Wells Fargo because the bank accepts Mexican
government-issued identification cards.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=106#2
[AZ] Right-wing columnist pens border sniper fantasy
American Chronicle / March 12, 2007
Phoenix-based writer Allan Ashinoff published a fictional tale on several
popular conservative websites about a band of "fed-up" Americans setting
up sniper positions in the Arizona desert to kill Mexicans.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=106#3
[CA] Minutemen clamor outside mayor's house
PCC Courier / March 8, 2007
Minutemen engaged in shouting matches with counter-protesters in front of
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's residence.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=106#4
For the week of
March 6, 2007
[CA] Minuteman Project fires Jim Gilchrist
Long Beach Press-Telegram / Feb. 27, 2007
The board of directors of the Minuteman Project fired the group's founder
after accusing him of mismanagement, embezzlement, and fraud.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=105
[TX] Anti-immigrant groups target day labor sites
The Dallas Morning News / March 5, 2007
After operating for years with little notice, day labor sites have become
flash points in the immigration debate.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=105#2
[USA] FIRE coalition promotes confrontational tactics
The Press-Enterprise / March 2, 2007
The Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement supplies a
behind-the-scenes network for many of the most aggressive anti-immigration
groups nationwide.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=105#3
[CA] Save Our State member files prostitution complaint
North County Times / March 1, 2007
Activist John Monti filed a complaint with the San Diego
County grand jury alleging the San Diego Police Department failed to
adequately investigate prostitution in migrant camps.
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=105#4
LEARN MORE
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=576
*** 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
HREF="http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/a5Dd0FNuiR0L1h0DnER0Aw">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 April, 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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