Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement
For the week of April 25, 2006
[USA] Border Guardians leader secretly contacts neo-Nazis- [CO] Lawmaker receives death threats
- [AZ] Anti-immigration groups target Mexican Consulate
[GA] Georgia Governor signs 'strict' anti-immigration bill - [AZ] Minutemen issue border wall ultimatum
[USA] Border Guardians leader secretly contacts neo-Nazis
Intelligence Project / April 19, 2006
Laine Lawless, a prominent anti-immigration leader, emailed a neo-Nazi
commander to suggest his "warriors for the race" attack and terrorize
immigrants.
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[CO] Lawmaker receives death threats
The Santa Fe New Mexican / April 21, 2006
After criticizing the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a black Colorado
state representative received emails that referenced lynching and a
firing squad.
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[AZ] Anti-immigration groups target Mexican Consulate
The East Valley Tribune / April 22, 2006
Rally organizer JT Ready said protesters would demand the U.S. label
Mexico a "threat nation."
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[GA] Georgia Governor signs 'strict' anti-immigration bill
Seattle Post-Intelligencer / April 17, 2005
One of the tough new law's supporters, Rep. Melvin Everson, told a
flag-waving crowd that illegal immigration is "a cancer."
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[AZ] Minutemen issue border wall ultimatum
Houston Chronicle / April 19, 2006
Chris Simcox said if President Bush does not order the military to the
border by May 25, Minutemen will start building a "security fence."
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LEARN MORE
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.
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 landmark April, 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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