Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement
For the week of May 9, 2006
[CA] African-Americans denounce Minuteman Project
[WA] Minuteman leader speaks to human rights forum
[USA] Columnist asks: 'Who is the real Chris Simcox?'
[TX] Media fawns over Hispanic vigilante
[CA] Save Our State measure qualifies for ballot
[CA] African-Americans denounce Minuteman Project
Los Angeles Times / May 4, 2006
South Los Angeles residents compared the "citizen border patrol" group to
the Ku Klux Klan at the official launch of the MMP's "cross-country
caravan."
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=57
[WA] Minuteman leader speaks to human rights forum
The Western Front / May 2, 2006
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps president Chris Simcox denied accusations of
racism during his testimony before the Washington State Human Rights
Commission.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=57#2
[USA] Columnist asks: 'Who is the real Chris Simcox?'
American Chronicle / May 8, 2006
Sifting through a Minuteman leader's contradictory media comments is a
frustrating search for the true "Mr. Minuteman."
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=57#3
[TX] Media fawns over Hispanic vigilante
The Orange County Register / May 7, 2006
Anti-immigration agitator Lupe Moreno tells police
dealing with Mexican immigrants to "stop being sissy boys."
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=57#4
[CA] Save Our State measure qualifies for ballot
The Associated Press / May 4, 2006
The initiative sponsored by Save Our State leader Joseph Turner would
prohibit landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants.
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splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=57#5
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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