Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of April 24, 2007
[AZ] Border Patrol agent charged with murder
Arizona Daily Star / April 23, 2007
Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer stated that a U.S. Border Patrol
agent who fatally shot an unarmed Mexican man in January was not justified
in using deadly force.
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[CA] A political obituary: Jim Gilchrist, 2005-2007
LA Weekly / April 18, 2007
To anyone who followed the rapid and chaotic growth of the Minuteman
movement, its co-founder's recent firing should come as no surprise.
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[DC] Four hundred nativists rally in D.C.
The Washington Post / April 23, 2007
Protesters demanded an immigration crackdown and a law making English the
official language of the United States at a two-hour event sponsored by
Georgia activist D.A. King and various talk radio hosts.
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[OK] Oklahoma Minutemen protest Mexican trucking
KOCO News /
April 23, 2007
Oklahoma Minutemen spokesman Steve Merrill said his organization opposes a
plan to allow 100 Mexican trucking companies to make deliveries in the
U.S. because, "It's one-sided. It's to help Mexico."
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For the week of April 17, 2007
[CA] Minuteman pleads not guilty to attack on disabled day laborer
San Diego Union-Tribune / April 13, 2007
Minuteman Project member John Monti was charged with nine criminal counts
for allegedly yelling epithets at day laborers and then assaulting two of
them, including one who is physically disabled.
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[TX] Protesters shout down Minuteman founder
San Antonio Express-News / April 12, 2007
A speech by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leader Chris Simcox at the
University of Texas, San Antonio, ended early as hundreds of
protesters booed and shouted through bullhorns.
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[LA] College Republicans host "find the illegal" game
The Daily Reveille / April 12, 2007
A College Republicans club at Louisiana State University organized a
campus scavenger hunt that challenged students to "catch" other players
designated as illegal immigrants.
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[CA] Former supporter bids "adios" to San Diego Minutemen
North Country Times / April 8, 2007
Prominent Minuteman supporter Ray Carney said he severed ties with the San
Diego Minutemen because the group's founder, Jeff Schwilk, encourages
members to "commit acts they normally would not even consider."
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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.
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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