Carl 'Two Feathers' Whitaker, an American Indian activist and erstwhile Tennessee gubernatorial candidate, tapped into a splinter group called Arizona Border Watch on a trip to Arizona in April and brought the movement back to Tennessee.I suppose I should show some support for my accusation of bias. Okay.
'It's like O'Leary's cow has kicked over the lantern. The fire has just started now,' Whitaker said in an interview in the small office that is home to the nascent Tennessee Minutemen and his 2006 independent campaign for governor.
1. "...where citizen patrols out to catch undocumented immigrants have stirred controversy and fears of vigilantism." Only to those who don't bother to actually pay attention. There have been no reports of "vigilante activity" during any Minuteman watches. Zero.
2. "...are taking aim at a perceived invasion of 'illegal aliens,' particularly Hispanics, and those who employ them." Scare quotes around a perfectly legitimate term to describe people who have entered and are living in the country illegally. If the vast majority of illegal aliens are "Hispanic," well, I've heard the Canadians have a fairly high standard of living and aren't sneaking across the border by the thousands. Anyone else would have to cross several thousand miles of open ocean to get here. If the majority of illegal aliens are from Mexico, that's hardly the fault of those who want immigration law to actually be enforced.
3. "Migrant foes hope for Tenn. following" is the actual headline for this piece, suggesting that they are against anyone who is a "migrant," legal or otherwise. This in spite the Project's constant focus on those who are here illegally.
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