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IMMIGRATION WATCH
IMMIGRATION WATCH
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism and the anti-immigration
movement
For the week of Dec. 12, 2006
[TN] Anti-immigrant backlash reaches 'full boil'
Nashville Scene / Nov. 30, 2006
Cross burnings, bomb plots and other public and private displays of hatred
toward Latino immigrants are cropping up throughout Tennessee.
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[AZ] Minuteman fence called 'harmless boondoggle'
Arizona Daily Star / Dec. 10, 2006
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps claims its .9-mile-long, 13-foot-high
steel mesh border fence, under construction on private land in Arizona, will
cost $650,000.
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[AZ] Prosecutor reconsiders charging Barrnett
Tucson Citizen / Dec. 5, 2006
Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer is reassessing whether to bring
criminal charges against anti-immigrant rancher Roger Barnett after a
civil-trial jury found Barnett liable for threatening a Latino family with
an assault rifle.
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[VA] Virginia Minuteman chapter holds first meeting
Culpeper Star-Exponent / Dec. 8, 2006
About 40 people attended the inaugural gathering of the Virginia chapter of
the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, including MCDC state director George
Taplin, two county supervisors and a local town councilman.
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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:
*** Deadly Force ***
A profile of Roy Warden, a hard line anti-immigration activist who routinely
threatens Latinos with death
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=671
*** The Nativists ***
A survey of hardliners who are fanning the flames of anti-immigration
extremism
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=701
*** 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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