Protests Hit Illegal Immigration Summit

[struggle4progress]

By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005

Protesters on Sunday gathered outside a meeting where members of a controversial civilian group that has been monitoring the Mexican border gathered with other activists seeking to curb illegal immigration.

More than 150 demonstrators used placards and bullhorns and waved Mexican flags to get their message out: "Racists, go home!" they screamed. <snip>

Miguel Barrientos, president of the Las Vegas Mexican-American Political Association, said people sopping up the rhetoric of Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist were not protecting the country — they were harming it.

"They're creating division among Americans," he said. "We don't need it." <snip>

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