Feb 03 2006
Vigilantes at the Border
GUEST: Christian Ramirez, Director of the San Diego Office of American Friends Service Committee
One of the founders of the Minute Man Project, Chris Simcox, participated in an immigration debate earlier this week in Iowa, insisting that his organization is not racist. Rather, he says, it is concerned only with national security and ending “criminal activity” along the nation’s borders. But Simcox has been quoted in media reports describing “a Mexican conspiracy to take over Los Angeles” and “an upcoming race war.” A new documentary produced by the AFSC (American Friends Service Committee), ACLU and Witness examines the rise of these anti-immigrant groups. It’s called “Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border.” It’s filmed by human rights activists and residents of the borderlands and explores what really motivates border vigilantes. It does this through various interviews with members of the movement and nighttime footage of vigilante border patrols.
Click here for more information about the film, “Rights on the Line.”
Rights on the Line will be showing at two local events:
Friday February 3rd at 7:45pm at YOGA DESA 120 Topanga Canyon Blvd, 90290
In the Pinetree Center (across from the Post Office), located 4 miles north of Pacific Coast Hwy, on the right. RSVP: 310-455-9389 or email: tonia4@earthlink.net
Saturday February 11th at the Southern California Library at 2 pm, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. There will be an event called “From Slave Patrol to Border Patrol,” featuring a screening of the documentary “Rights on the Line” followed by a panel discussion featuring activists, Arnoldo Garcia, Monica Hernandez, and Chris Newman. For more information, visit www.socallib.org.
One Response to “Vigilantes at the Border”
What can I say. Once again your program has taken yet another veil off of the so called “American Dream” and and portrayed it’s true identity “The American Nightmare”