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Minuteman Project
12 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Keepers of Alabama and Its Private Border Enforcement Operations
A few years ago, the Minutemen Project and related groups calling for citizen patrols along the U.S./Mexico border regularly made the news. This news report focuses on a new group based…
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Minutemen and the Culture of Fear
Guest blogger: Jess Weinger, second-year law student, University of San Francisco“Minutemen” – a term that generally conjures up images of the Revolutionary War and the fight against imperialist rule over…
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Conference News: Minuteman Founder Visits Harvard Law School, USF Hosts Conference on Undocumented Workers
Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, a committed restrictionist immigration group, and previous congressional candidate, visited Harvard Law School this week. The visit is reported in larger than life…
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Interviewing Minutemen President
While blogging for Colorlines Magazine and Racewire.org at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Julianne Hing had a chance to interview Chris Simcox, the president of the Minutemen:I imagined the folks…
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Minuteman Gilchrist Sued Again
Thanks to Ana Maria Patino for this:Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen Project has been sued by his former colleagues and supporters, Barbara Coe and Deborah Courtney. This is the…
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The Minuteman Litigation: An Update
The LA Times (here) reports that Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist and his opponents within the anti-illegal-immigration group both claimed victory Friday after an Orange County Superior Court judge put…
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Border Vigilante Uses Made-up Numbers in Attempt to Equate Immigrants and Crime
The PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY WEBSITE (click here) reports that Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project, told CNSNews.com that there is a “silent war” consisting of “U.S.…
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Anti-Immigrant Bikers!
First were the Minutemen, self-appointed citizens who took up arms and binoculars last year to patrol for undocumented immigrants. Now come the Paul Revere Riders, five motorcyclists cruising from one…
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Parade Organizers Say No To Minutemen
The Minuteman Project citizen patrol, known for its skirmishes over illegal immigration, is now in a skirmish over a Laguna Beach parade.At issue is the 40th annual Patriots Day parade,…
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Protests Held Against Undocumented Workers
Hundreds of protesters squared off in tense and boisterous confrontations Saturday at Southern California day laborer sites, as activists opposing illegal immigration stepped up a nationwide effort to cut off…