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3/31 Cucamonga, CA: KKK/Minutemen Harrasing Migrant Workers Met by Larger Counter Protesters By about 7:45am, the KKK , branch from Yucca Valley, appeared on the street corner (about 5 to 7 of them) facing at least 100 workers, families and friends of day laborers, with maybe an additional hundred or so showing up througout the morning >> Read More More Legal Troubles for Minutemen 3/28 San Diego, CA: Criminal Charges Filed Against Minuteman [March 28, San Diego IMC] SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Attorney’s
Office filed criminal charges yesterday against 36-year-old John
Monti, a member of the Minuteman Project, for acts of violence against
two day laborers at a Rancho Penasquitos hiring site in November
2006. A second worker, Roberto Pena, tried to help Gonzales get away
but was also assaulted by Monti. Immediately after the incident,
Monti contacted the police, claiming he had been robbed and assaulted
by 6-8 migrant workers. SAN DIEGO - A judge unsealed a search warrant yesterday that had been served on San Diego Minutemen founder Jeff Schwilk's home in connection with an investigation of vandalism at several migrant camps. Schwilk, who served as his own attorney in San Diego Superior Court, requested that the document - and a supporting affidavit - be made public. He also asked the judge to order the return of his property, which was seized last week when San Diego police searched Schwilk's Oceanside home. Prosecutors opposed the request, arguing that the investigation is ongoing and could be jeopardized if the documents were disclosed >> Read More
3/26: Anti-immigration activist charged An anti-immigration activist has been charged with battery, interfering
with the civil rights of two day laborers, and filing a false police
report, City Attorney Michael Aguirre announced Monday(3/26) >>
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More Officials said the search warrant served at Minutemen founder Jeff
Schwilk's Oceanside home was "granted as part of the investigation
into the migrant camp vandalism that occurred on Jan. 27, 2007."
>> Read
More February
16, 2007: Minutemen Member Responds To NBC 7/39 Report February
16, 2007: San Diego Minutemen February
12, 2007: Minutemen Activist Denies Role In Migrant Camp Attack
February
11, 2007: Minutemen Leader Criticizes Media Coverage February
9, 2007: Minutemen Deny Role In Migrant Camp Vandalism February
8, 2007: Police Raid Home Of Former Minutemen Spokeswoman November
19, 2006: Minutemen Protest Carmel Valley Migrant Camp November
14, 2006: Minutemen 'Clean Up' Migrant Encampment May
11, 2006: Group Denies Harassing Immigrants April
20, 2006: Minutemen Threaten To Build New Border Fence 2/27 Orange County, CA: Two Recent News About Jim Gilchrist-Minutemen In-Fighting 2/27: Missing funds cause rift in vigilante group Last summer news of missing funds initiated a near meltdown within
the ranks of the Minutemen >> Read
More 2/27: Ousted Minuteman leader seeks court remedy Former Minutemen co-founder Jim Gilchrist of Aliso Viejo says he was railroaded. Other group members say he's to blame >> Read More2/26: Minuteman founder wants reins back Jim Gilchrist, the Orange County accountant who gained national
recognition as the co-founder of a citizen border patrol group,
will ask a judge this afternoon to issue a restraining order in
order to regain control of the Minuteman Project >> Read
More 2/26: Minutemen Establish Atlanta Chapter The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps held the inaugural meeting of
its North Atlanta chapter Sunday at a tavern >> Read
More 2/22 New York, NY: Report from NYU Counter College Republicans’ “Find the Illegal Immigrant” event Hundreds of other New York University (NYU) students, their allies, and NYU IMC contributors to protest the College Republicans’ “Find the Illegal Immigrant” event >> Read More 2/6: Klan growing, fed by anti-immigrant feelings, report says Ku Klux Klan rebounding by exploiting hot-button issues, report
says; Klan uses, stirs up anti-immigrant sentiments, says Anti-Defamation
League; Hate group watchdog says Klan chapters grew 63% between
2000 and 2005; ADL says Klan cooperating with other extremist groups
more than before >> Read
More 2/16 Redwood City, CA: Last Minute annoucement of Minutemen rally in Saturday in Redwood City A Bay Area chapter of the Minutemen, lead the rally in support of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation, which has netted several immigrants in the area. >> Read More 2/11 Los Angeles, CA: Minutemen
Stumble, ANSWER Steps Up [LA IMC] ANSWER-LA led a small crew of fifteen, with banners, signs,
and a blaring loudspeaker packed in a shopping cart, south down
Argyle and across Hollywood Boulevard into a sea of forty minutemen.
Half an hour later, the minutemen, amassed from across southern
California, retreated to join their fellows on the southeast corner,
pushed back by the growing crowd of protesters. Full reports with photos: Minutemen
Stumble, ANSWER Steps Up by Leslie Radford | | 1/20/07 Phoenix, AZ: New AZ Law Bar on Minutemen Proposed A proposed new law would make felons out of members of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps -- and probably some neighborhood watch groups >> Read More 12/8/06: Very Serious Hate-E-Mail/Call/Threat
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