Long Island-based Newsday has been following the Marcelo Lucero murder in great detail, even sending a reporter to Ecuador to interview his friends and family. But some see coverage of this case, which involves a group of American youths who allegedly attacked and killed an immigrant, as too positive about immigration. One Newsday reporter was [...]
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Federal Border Fence Delayed; Some Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
September 11, 2008 – 7:10 pm
Land disputes and rising costs will prevent the Bush Administration from completing the 670 miles of border fence that Congress mandated, the Washington Post reports. A deadline for the end of the year was set in the Secure Fence Act of 2006. So far, the administration has completed about half the required amount. What are [...]
Southern Hate Groups Go after Immigrants
May 29, 2008 – 12:18 pm
At a 2006 campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, then-GOP presidential contender Rep. Tom Tancredo joined the members of the League of the South or a chorus of “Dixie.” These members of the neo-confederate organization considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center had come decked out in full confederate regalia to hear [...]
