Founder of Utah Minutemen faces ouster over denunciation of Utah List

Alex Segura, one of the founders of the Utah Minutemen, all 26 strong faces impeachment by the group after coming out in denunciation of the letter containing the names of 1300 allegedly illegal immigrants.

Alex Segura, said he does not expect to be removed from the group.

“I think we’re all going to kiss and make up and move on,” Segura said.

Segura, who helped found the anti-immigration group in 2005, angered his followers in October with an alleged takeover of leadership, and then again last week with his condemnation of a recently compiled list of 1,300 allegedly undocumented immigrants.

What looked like the final straw for Segura’s followers came Friday, when Segura held a news conference with immigrant advocate Tony Yapias. “That is just the end because [Yapias is] always out there,” said Utah Minutemen Chairman Eli Cawley. “He [Yapias] just wants to stand up for his own people and for amnesty and against the rule of law.” Cawley in a press release distributed Monday said the Minutemen will vote whether to impeach Segura.

Cawley said that while the UMP has many who follow its views and updates, it has only 26 dues-paying members including Segura (who holds no office with the group now). He said those 26 will decide whether any membership action will be taken against Segura.

Goes to show while these nativist hate groups spout off about the rule of law, they have no interest in entering into debate that would solve the problem, unless the solution was to their liking.

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