Guest Editorial: Recent Attacks On Immigrants Tell Us Who We Are

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Shawna Forde actually founded the Minutemen American Defense (MAD) after being ousted by the more well-known Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. Her organization's website issued a statement that said, "Shawna acted totally on her own personal agenda and has caused a lot of pain, embarrassment, and humiliation to the total Minuteman movement and fellow members of MAD."

Take, for example, the death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez in Shenandoah, Pa., last July. Ramirez, an undocumented worker from Mexico and father of two, was brutally beaten by white teenagers, eventually dying from a kick to the head. At least one of the teenagers had used a racial epithet against Ramirez. Nevertheless, a jury refused to convict the teenagers of murder, bringing in a conviction only on the charge of simple assault.

Last year, another group of teenagers murdered Ecuadoran immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, N.Y. The teens reportedly said that they were looking to "beat up some Mexicans."

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Guest Editorial: Recent Attacks On Immigrants Tell Us Who We Are

We need to speak out against the ugliness that is fueling anti-immigrant violence and taking lives.

The most recent example of how far some anti-im...

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