“Over the last decade Hispanic immigrants have become the main focus of American hate groups. According to Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, after September 11, 2001, the conservative media began discussing immigration as a national security issue, often using terms like “illegals,” “invaders,” even “potential terrorists” to describe undocumented immigrants.
Then a spate of anti-illegal immigration activists lobbying to restrict benefits to illegal immigrants cropped up in California. They held regional and national events, and melded with established hate groups.”
At Guernica, a bracing article on the rise of hate crimes against Hispanic immigrants in the United States.
