Guest Column
HATEWATCH: NATIVIST NEWS
An e-newsletter monitoring extremism in the anti-immigration movement
For the week of December 18, 2007
[USA] Huckabee Endorsement Spurs Backlash
The Washington Times / December 13, 2007
Minuteman Project found Jim Gilchrist's endorsement of presidential
candidate Mike Huckabee generated criticism from rival anti-immigration
leaders who consider Huckabee soft on immigration enforcement.
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[AZ] Arizona Divided Over Hard Line Anti-Immigration Law
New York Times / December 14, 2007
A new Arizona law against employing illegal immigrants that takes effect
Jan. 1 is one of the toughest in the nation.
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[USA] Harsh Political Climate Subjects All Latinos To Discrimination
Washington Post / December 14, 2007
Regardless of their immigration status, Latinos across the country are
feeling increasingly vulnerable, according to a new Pew Hispanic Center
study.
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[AZ] Lawsuit Accuses Sheriff's Office Of Racial Profiling
San
Francisco Chronicle / December 13, 2007
A Mexican citizen who resides and works legally in the United States has
filed a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office over alleged
racial profiling by its Illegal Immigration Interdiction unit.
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For the week of November 27, 2007
[USA] Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs
Latinos
Southern Poverty Law Center / November 27, 2007
Hate crimes targeting all Latinos appear to be rising sharply as the verbal
violence of the national immigration debate continues to intensify.
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[FL] Hundreds Of Floridians Join Anti-Immigration Militias
Orlando Sentinel / November 25, 2007
Roughly 300 Florida residents have joined the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
and a host of similarly militant nativist groups.
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[SC] New MCDC Chapter Talks Up "Invasion"
The Myrtle Beach Sun-News / November 25, 2007
The first meeting of the Horry County chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense
Corps featured talk of the need to "get rid of them [immigrants], one way or
another."
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[AZ] Minutemen Deploy Thermal Vision For "Operation Secure America"
Orlando Sentinel / November 26, 2007
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps armed with handguns and a $13,000 thermal
vision camera arrived at their remote desert outpost in a Lincoln Town Car.
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LEARN MORE
To learn more about the anti-immigration movement, read these articles from
the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report:
*** 'Christian' Nativism ***
A look at the way that Christian Right groups are dealing with the
contentious issue of illegal immigration.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=724
*** Smokescreen ***
Anti-immigration activists are touting a "black" group as proof that theirs
is not a racist movement. But the group is largely a creation of whites.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=672
*** Ruckus on the Right ***
Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox has been an icon of the
anti-immigration movement. But now allies are accusing him of improprieties.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/aBFYq0FNuiR0L1h0FA1z0AW">splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=689
*** Policing the Undocumented ***
A lawyer writes that passing anti-'illegal alien' laws may be popular, but
the end result will be costly litigation that localities will lose.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=682
*** 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.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/aBFYq0FNuiR0L1h0DnER0At">splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=571
*** 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 April 2005 Minuteman Project in Arizona.
splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=557
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