Guest Column

Newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration movement

[TX] Day labor site "observers" will pack guns
[AZ] Salvadoran immigrants awarded Ranch Rescue compound

[NC] Politicians leap aboard anti-immigration bandwagon

[CA] Hundreds of Californians support border police initiative

[VA] Fight over day labor site intensifies

[TX] Texas Minutemen face rough ride

[USA] Expert: Vigilante groups resemble 1990s militias

For the week of August 23, 2005

[TX] Day labor site "observers" will pack guns
Houston Chronicle / August 20, 2005
A spokesman for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps reveals that
Minutemen standing watch outside day labor pick-up points will carry
concealed handguns.
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[AZ] Salvadoran immigrants awarded Ranch Rescue compound
August 19, 2005 / The New York Times
The Arizona ranch that served as the training grounds and command
center for an anti-immigration militia was handed over to two
immigrants after they won a lawsuit against vigilante leader Casey
Nethercott.
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[NC] Politicians leap aboard anti-immigration bandwagon
The Charlotte Observer / August 21, 2005
More and more elected officials and candidates are trying to
capitalize on the growing resentment over illegal immigration in North
Carolina and other non-border states.
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[CA] Hundreds of Californians support border police initiative
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / August 19, 2005
Immigrant bashing radio hosts draw large crowds in favor of forming a
new state police agency dedicated to snaring illegal immigrants.
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[VA] Fight over day labor site intensifies
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch / August 21, 2005
Anti-immigration forces scramble to sabotage plans to establish a
city-run short-term job "hiring hall" in Herndon.
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[TX] Texas Minutemen face rough ride
Fort Worth Weekly / August 17, 2005
The Texas division of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps struggles to
shed its racist, trigger-happy image.
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[USA] Expert: Vigilante groups resemble 1990s militias
Dissident Voice / August 22, 2005
A veteran observer of extremist groups outlines the many parallels
between the rapidly mushrooming anti-immigration vigilante movement
and the anti-government militias of a decade ago.

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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:

*** Blood on the Border ***
A survey of anti-immigration activity and groups.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=230

*** The Puppeteer ***
An investigative profile of America's most important anti-immigration
activist.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=93

*** Open Season ***
A feature on vigilantes in Arizona.
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 Minuteman Project in Arizona.

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Immigration Watch
c/o Intelligence Project
Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL  36104

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