Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of May 29, 2007
[US] CNN's Lou Dobbs Spreads Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
Southern Poverty Law Center / May 25, 2007
CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is using his national platform to spread misinformation
about immigrants that encourages bigotry and racist extremism.
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[US] Minuteman Leaders Purged
The Washington Times / May 24, 2007
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps president Chris Simcox fired top leaders of
the MCDC for demanding a meeting to discuss Simcox's lack of financial
accountability and leadership style.
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[NY] Men Randomly Target Mexicans, Kill Peruvian by Mistake
Westchester Journal-News / May 22, 2007
Five men in Yonkers admitted beating to death a Peruvian man they mistook
for Mexican after setting out to beat and rob Mexican immigrants.
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[AZ] Minutemen Protest Outside Senator's Office
Mohave Daily News / May 21, 2007
Members of the
Mohave County Minutemen demanded that Republican Senator Jon Kyl resign
after Kyl helped forge an immigration reform bill the Minutemen described as
"disgusting" and "pro-amnesty."
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For the week of May 22, 2007
[US] FBI Monitors Over Rise of Anti-Immigration Extremism
USA Today / May 21, 2007
An FBI counterterrorism official expressed growing concern over white
supremacists and other groups inclined to violence recruiting from the
rapidly growing ranks of anti-immigration extremists.
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[CA] Minuteman Project Denies Involvement in Kidnapping
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / May 16, 2007
Human rights activists called for a full investigation into the kidnapping
of three day laborers who were tied up and driven to Tijuana by men posing
as employers at a day labor site targeted by the Minuteman Project.
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[AZ] County Attorney Threatened for Prosecuting Border Patrol Agent
KVOA News / May 14, 2007
Cochise County attorney Ed Rheinheimer received death threats after deciding
to prosecute a Border Patrol agent for murder in the killing of an illegal
immigrant.
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[OR] Minutemen Rally for Stricter Driver's License Regulations
Salem Statesman-Journal / May 13, 2007
About 40 members of the Oregon chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
and Oregonians for Immigration Reform rallied in front of an Oregon DMV
office.
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