Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of April 3, 2007
[CA] KKK crashes Minuteman Project rally
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / March 31, 2007
Ten members of a Ku Klux Klan faction wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with
KKK insignia showed up at a demonstration to support the Minuteman Project,
whose organizers called off the rally soon after the Klansmen arrived.
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[USA] Minutemen deploy for third annual April border watch
Seattle Post-Intelligencer / March 31, 2007
Hundreds of armed Minuteman Civil Defense Corps members began a 30-day vigil
along smuggling corridors in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.
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[AZ] Roy Warden jailed for threats
Arizona Daily Star / April 1, 2007
Notorious extremist Roy Warden was arrested for threatening passerby during
one of his weekly anti-Mexican lunchtime tirades in a downtown Tucson plaza.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=109#3
[WA} Washington Minutemen take up posts on U.S.-Canadian border
Seattle Times / April 1, 2007
Members of the Washington chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
established 14 "watch points" in northern Washington as part of MCDC's
multi-state Operation Stand Your Ground. >>
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[CA] Golden Gate Minutemen rally in San Rafael
Marin Independent Journal / March 31, 2007
About 80 members and supporters of the Golden Gate Minutemen faced off with
60 counter-demonstrators.
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LEARN MORE
To learn more about the anti-immigration movement, read these articles from
the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report:
*** '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
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/a6FL0FNuiR0L1h0EqW70AW">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
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/a6FL0FNuiR0L1h0EGIZ0AB">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 April, 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/a6FL0FNuiR0L1h0DcOg0Av">splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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