The
Anti-Minutemen Five
Think Twice Before
You Oppose the Minutemen
By RON JACOBS, March
27, 2006
There have been a number of massive
protests across the United States for immigrant rights in recent
weeks. The particular impetus for these protests is a bill authored
by the anti-immigrant Congressmen Rep. Sensenbrenner and his
allies that was passed by the House in late 2005 and is currently
being considered in the Senate. The bill, numbered H.B. 4437,
is a repressive piece of legislation authored by one of the most
reactionary legislators in the Congress. Not only would it penalize
undocumented workers, it would also criminalize any acts designed
to help these members of US society. This bill is just the most
obvious aspect of a growing wave of anti-immigrant sentiment
in the United States. [read more]