Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of April 10, 2007
[CA] Minuteman Project tries to shake racist image
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / April 2, 2007
Minuteman Project leaders are attempting to distance themselves from white
supremacy organizations.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=110
[AZ] Minutemen distribute fliers to Bullhead City businesses
Mohave Daily News / April 4, 2007
Mohave County Minutemen co-founder Virginia Hilton said the group is
putting employers on notice "that they cannot just keep hiring illegal
aliens and getting away with it."
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=110#2
[WA] Spokane GOP hosts Minuteman Project founder
The Spokesman-Review / April 1, 2007
Jim Gilchrist told a luncheon crowd of 400, "It's OK to say 'rapist,'
'robber' and it's OK to say 'illegal alien' - not 'undocumented worker.'"
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=110#3
[OK] Retired pawnbroker to patrol border in ultralight aircraft
Tulsa World / April 2, 2007
Don Wooley, 60, plans to fly his ultralight plane over the border in
Arizona and New Mexico to spot illegal immigrants for the Minuteman Civil
Defense Corps.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=110#4
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.
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
*** 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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