Nativism in the News

Posted in Nativism in the News by Hatewatch Staff on May 6, 2008

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[AZ] Patriots Border Alliance Honors Neo-Nazi
Phoenix New Times / May 2, 2008
Leaders of the Patriots Border Alliance, a Minuteman splinter faction, posted a photo of PBA members posing with Elton Hall, 74, a former organizer for the American Nazi Party, above the caption “PATRIOTS’ BORDER ALLIANCE HONORING ELTON HALL.”

[AZ] American Freedom Riders Join Recall Effort Against Phoenix Mayor
The Arizona Republic / April 30, 2008
American Freedom Riders member Keith LeFebvre announced that his group was the core of American Citizens United, a political action coalition formed to attempt to recall Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for being “soft” on illegal immigration.

[TX] Border Mayors Spar With Tancredo
San Antonio Express-News / May 2, 2008
Members of the Texas Border Coalition took issue with U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo’s muttered suggestion that a border fence should be placed north of Brownsville, Tex.

[CA] Fire Coalition Teams With Minuteman Project For Consulate Protest
San Bernardino County Sun / May 1, 2008
About 20 members of the Minuteman Project and the Fire Coalition, many of them clad in red, white and blue, gathered outside a Mexican Consulate to protest illegal immigration.

[UT] Minuteman Submits Immigration Resolution To GOP Convention
The Deseret News / May 2, 2008
Utah Minuteman Project member Alex Segura submitted a resolution to the Salt Lake County GOP convention that calls for Republicans to oppose Illegal immigration, advocate for secure borders and affirm the United States as a “Christian nation.”

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