Hate Groups Donate to Arizona Law’s Defense

[kpete]

Hate Groups Donate to Arizona Law’s Defense
Posted in Anti-Immigrant, White Nationalism by Heidi Beirich on July 13, 2010


This morning, the white supremacist political party American Third Position (A3P) proudly announced its donation to the fund recently established by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to defend that state’s controversial new immigration law. “The American Third Position has just made a triple-digit donation to Arizona’s Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund,” the group announced in an E-mail alert. In describing its own mission, A3P says it “exists to represent the political interests of White Americans.”

The statute that Brewer signed into law in April, commonly known as SB 1070, is a harsh anti-immigration ordinance that would make the failure of non-citizens to carry immigration documents a crime and that obligates police to check the immigration status of those people they come into lawful contact with if there is “reasonable suspicion” that they are undocumented immigrants. Last week, the Department of Justice announced that it would sue Arizona to block the law, saying it would encourage illegal racial profiling and also interfere with federal control over immigration policy. The new defense fund, which will help cover the state’s legal fees in the DOJ lawsuit, already has collected nearly $1 million, according to Brewer’s Facebook page.

Brewer claims SB 1070 will not target persons based on their skin color. But A3P begs to differ, seeing SB 1070 as a tool for the reinstatement of white political control. “We support all constructive endeavors by private citizens, businesses, local governments — or in this case a sovereign state — to stem and reverse the browning of America,” the A3P’s E-mail said. “Arizona’s enforcement statute represents the best current opportunity to reduce . From its inception, A3P has been disseminating the nightmarish facts regarding the financial, social and demographic consequences of the unprecedented invasion from the south.”

The defense fund is also being pushed on Stormfront.org, the largest and oldest white nationalist forum on the Web. Under the headline “Jan Brewer Sets Up SB1070 Defense Fund,” “Adolf Hitlist” admonishes his fellow extremists, “Money where your mouth is time!”

more:
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/07/13/hate-groups-donate-to-arizona-laws-defense/

[EFerrari]

1. They wrote the damn thing.

It's truly frightening how much cred these groups get in this country.

It's like nobody is even paying attention.

[blondeatlast]

3. So true. "But it isn't racist! It isn't, it isn't!" nt

[blondeatlast]

2. C'mon, Jan, you're so proud of all the donations so far--own your pride in this one.

And for God's sake, Goddard (her Dem opponent)--speak out about it!

[RKP5637]

4. I have a feeling these people would like to run everyone out of AZ and other

states NOT just like them with these laws. It's an excuse for racism. Not white, gay, not the right church, we're gonna run your asses outta here, this is just the start. That's my opinion. This reminds me of the 50's/60's, except no robes YET!