Border war over immigration comes to Midwest – La Raza and Minutemen in Kansas City
Tagged: border, Kansas City, La Raza, Mexico, minutemen, MissouriPosted on: September 27th, 2007“A routine city hall appointment threatens to turn Kansas City into a new front in the U.S. debate over illegal immigration, even though the closest Mexico border crossing is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.
Anger has been simmering among Hispanic leaders since the summer, when newly elected Mayor Mark Funkhouser appointed Frances Semler, a dues-paying member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC), to the city’s parks and recreation board.
Critics say the group is a racist band of vigilantes patrolling the Mexican border with guns and intimidation.”
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