Guest Column
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of September 26, 2006
[CA] Motorists arrested for attempted murder, hate crime
Los Angeles Times / September 18, 2006
Artem Soloviev and Dennis Katpilniy allegedly drove through a crowd of
immigrant laborers while shouting racial epithets.
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[USA] Minutemen announce beer boycott
The Brownsville Herald / September 22, 2006
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leaders called for a nationwide boycott of
Miller Brewing Company products after Miller reportedly supported a
pro-immigrant rally in Chicago.
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[CA] Minutemen clash with 'sanctuary city' supporters
KFMB News / September 23, 2006
Protesters dressed as clowns mocked the Minutemen at a heated protest where
one "clown organizer" reported he was attacked with pepper spray.
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[MS] Minuteman group recruits in Mississippi
The Joplin Independent / September 21, 2006
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps "national development director" Greg Thompson
told a Joplin, Miss., audience the group's ultimate goal is "reclaiming
America for Americans."
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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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