News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Experts: Border issues draw hate groups

Jessica Coomes
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 14, 2007 12:00 AM

Hate groups are resurging nationwide by feeding on anti-immigration sentiment, an undercover detective and Anti-Defamation League leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.

Especially in the border state of Arizona, racist hate groups and border vigilante groups have too much influence in setting the tone of the immigration debate, said Bill Straus, Arizona regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.

But those who advocate for border security called such characterizations hateful and said they are meant only to "create an atmosphere of fear and hatred based on misinformation," according to Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. He and other activists challenged the assertions in the seminar, which was led by House Democrats.

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