Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
- IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement
For the week of April 18, 2006
[AZ] Candidate promises forced labor for immigrants- [NY] Minutemen watch Canadian border
- [AZ] Lawmakers vote to criminalize immigrants
- [NJ] Neo-Nazi radio host renews calls to kill Hispanics
[AZ] Candidate promises forced labor for
immigrants
The Arizona Republic / April 12, 2006
Don Goldwater said if he elected governor of Arizona he will imprison
undocumented workers in a "tent city" and "use them as labor" to build a
massive border fence.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=52
[NY] Minutemen watch Canadian border
The Buffalo News / April 10, 2006
More than 30 Minuteman Civil Defense Corps volunteers took up posts near
Lake Champlain.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=52#2
[AZ] Lawmakers vote to criminalize immigrants
The Arizona Republic / April 13, 2006
The Arizona House and Senate gave final approval to Senate Bill 1157,
which empowers local and state police to arrest undocumented immigrants on
trespassing charges.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=52#3
[NJ] Neo-Nazi radio host renews calls to kill Hispanics
The Jersey Journal / April 12, 2006
Jersey City official Jaime Vazquez picketed outside Hal Turner's house to
protest the white supremacist's repeated threats to "shoot" pro-immigrant
activists.
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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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