San Diego Minutemen Respond to Allegations of Racism, Intimidation of Immigrants

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Published August 23, 2007 at 8:53 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The San Diego Minutemen say the mission of their organization is to oppose illegal immigration, and to assist the border patrol in securing the U.S.-Mexican border. A recent report by the Southern Pov

Tom Fudge: The Minutemen organization is well known for its opposition to illegal immigration and for patrolling the Mexican border. In San Diego, the group is known for entering local canyons, looking for suspected illegal immigrants and confronting them. The San Diego police are investigating allegations that local minutemen have gone too far, engaging in vandalism at immigrant gatherings. Some critics of the San Diego Minutemen accuse them of being a hate group.

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Mark Potok , director of the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center .
Jeff Schwilk, founder of the San Diego Minutemen .