Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of June 6, 2006
[AL] Immigration backlash 'taking a hateful twist'
[TX] KKK plan anti-immigration rally
[DC] Racism surfacing in immigration debate
[AZ] Minuteman leader claims civil rights legacy
[SC] Council of Conservative Citizens rallies against 'amnesty'
[AL] Immigration backlash 'taking a hateful twist'
The Birmingham News / May 30, 2006
A candidate for attorney general in Alabama calls for martial law and
shooting illegal immigrants as the Klan and other hate groups seize
immigration as their rallying cry.
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[TX] KKK plan anti-immigration rally
Midland Reporter-Telegram / June 1, 2006
The Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan announced plans to "protest against
illegal immigration" at the Midland County Courthouse on June
17.
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[DC] Racism surfacing in immigration debate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch / May 30, 2006
Politicians of both parties detect an "undercurrent of bigotry" in the
national debate over immigration reform.
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[AZ] Minuteman leader claims civil rights legacy
The Arizona Republic / June 1, 2006
Self-professed Rev. Martin Luther King admirer Chris Simcox says "I fought
for civil rights my entire life. I was the kid who stood up for Black
kids..."
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[SC] Council of Conservative Citizens rallies against 'amnesty'
The Spartanburg Herald Journal / June 4, 2006
An anti-immigration protest organized by the South Carolina chapter of the
CCC drew 100 supporters with signs reading, "Stop the Invasion."
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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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