Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of May 23, 2006
[USA] Immigration fervor fuels racist extremism
[CA] Minuteman offshoot targets labor sites
[AZ] Minuteman leaders denounce Bush plan
[FL] Anti-immigration billboard raises tensions
[MD] Herndon victory emboldens Minutemen
[USA] Immigration fervor fuels racist extremism
Southern Poverty Law Center / May 17, 2006
The raging national debate over immigration is stoking the fires of racist
extremism across the country.
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[CA] Minuteman offshoot targets labor sites
The San Diego Union-Tribune / May 21, 2006
The newly formed Encinitas Citizens Brigade used "bullying tactics" to
intimidate workers and employers at a day labor site near San Diego.
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[AZ] Minuteman leaders denounce Bush plan
KPHO News / May 18, 2006
Dismissing the "token deployment" of 6,000 National Guard troops,
spokeswoman Connie Hair said Minuteman patrols and fence building will
continue as planned.
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[FL] Anti-immigration billboard raises tensions
The Miami Herald / May 19, 2006
Human rights activists branded a "Stop the Invasion" sign erected by
Grassfire.org
"unwelcoming, misleading and divisive."
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[MD] Herndon victory emboldens Minutemen
The Washington Post / May 16, 2006 The recent defeat of three
politicians who supported a city-funded labor center has new Minuteman
chapters scouting the next battleground.
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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.
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*** 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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