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Gilchrist involved in another controversial invitation to speak

Hatewatch, Lunatic Fringe on November 12th, 2009 No Comments

Last month, border vigilante and Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist has a much anticipated invitation to speak at a Harvard symposium revoked when students of the Harvard Undergraduate Legal Committee (HULC) sought his removal as a guest panelist. They were successful, and Gilchrist, being the type of person he is, launched a virulent and nasty attack [...]

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Another border vigilante condones killing of immigrants

Lunatic Fringe on November 9th, 2009 4 Comments

Her name is Lynne Stevens, 65, a lesbian nativist whack job from Phoenix who spends her time harassing day laborers in the Phoenix area. Hanging out at Joe Arpaio’s Phoenix offices with her Smith and Wesson on her hip and video camera at the ready.
A regular attendee of United for a Sovereign America meetings, she rides [...]

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US-Mexico groups urges new US assault weapons ban

News & Views on October 18th, 2009 No Comments

MEXICO CITY — The United States should reinstate a Clinton-era ban on assault weapons to prevent such guns from reaching Mexican drug cartels, former officials from both countries said in a report released Tuesday.
The group, which includes two former U.S. ambassadors to Mexico, also said the U.S. should do more to stop the smuggling of [...]

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Border Action Network scores big win against Minutemen and other vigilante groups

Borderlands, Hatewatch, Legal Challenges on October 3rd, 2009 15 Comments

Inter-American Commission Takes on Human Rights Case Against U.S. for Not Prosecuting Border Vigilante Groups
Residents of Douglas, Arizona recall Minutemen driving through their small downtown area randomly asking people walking down the street if they had “papers.” Since those early days of border vigilante groups patrolling the border and border towns, harassment and racial profiling [...]

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