Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of May 16, 2006
[USA] Bush calls for border troops, guest workers
[USA] Immigration fervor fuels racist extremism
[DC] Minuteman caravan ends in confrontation
[AZ] Border Patrol denies Minuteman reports
[AZ] Human rights leader receives death threat
[USA] Bush calls for border troops, guest workers
President says America can be a "welcoming society" while planning to send
6,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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[USA] Immigration fervor fuels racist extremism
The Kansas City Star / May 9, 2006
Columnist: "Hard-core white supremacists have latched onto the immigration
issue."
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[DC] Minuteman caravan ends in confrontation
The Washington Times / May 13, 2006
Counter-demonstrators at a rally marking the end of the Minuteman Project's
10-day, cross-country tour branded the group "racist and
xenophobic."
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[AZ] Border Patrol denies Minuteman reports
KVOA News / May 10, 2006
Border Patrol officials disputed news reports claiming they relay
information on Minuteman operations to the Mexican government.
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[AZ] Human rights leader receives death threat
KVOA News / May 14, 2006
Anti-immigration activist Roy Warden e-mailed the co-chair of Derechos
Humanos "I will blow your freaking head off."
splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=58#4
LEARN MORE
Want to learn more about the anti-immigration movement? Read thesearticles
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.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/awZD0FNuiR0L1h0DnER0Ew">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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