Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement
For the week of April 4, 2006
[USA] Extremists call for mass murder of immigrants
Intelligence Project / March 30, 2006
Neo-Nazis and anti-immigration extremists responded to a highly publicized
wave of immigration reform demonstrations in major U.S. cities with open
calls for terrorist violence, including truck bombs, machine gun attacks,
and assassinations of U.S. senators and members of Congress.
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[USA] Monthlong Minuteman
operation begins
The Boston Globe / March 31, 2006
Vigilante leaders vow 'round-the-clock' armed patrols in Arizona,
California,
New Mexico, and Texas.
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[PA] Pennsylvania Minutemen founder turns 'desert sentry'
Grand Forks Herald / March 27, 2006 Armed with a 9mm, John Ryan traveled
2,000 miles to join the "undocumented border patrol" group critics call the
"Minute Klan."
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[USA] Columnist: It's about immigrants, not lawbreakers
San Francisco Chronicle / March 29, 2006
Ruben Navarrette, Jr. argues that many "anti-illegal immigration" activists
are really just anti-immigrant, legal or not.
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[AZ] Religious activists arrested for aiding immigrants
Houston Chronicle / April 1, 2006
"No More Deaths" Samaritans charged with felonies for giving water to
immigrants dying of thirst.
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Want to learn more about the anti-immigration movement? Read these articles
from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report:
*** 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.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgibin4/DM/y/avUn0FNuiR0L1h0EGIZ0E7">splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?site_area=1&aid=149
*** Playing Rough ***
Profiles of some of the more than 40 anti-immigration vigilanteoutfits
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.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgibin4/DM/y/avUn0FNuiR0L1h0DcOg0Es">splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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