Thread: Illegal Immigration Fears Stimulate Ku Klux Klan Membership

Monday, February 12, 2007


GASTONIA, N.C. — Fears over illegal immigration are fueling a resurgence in membership to the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina and across the country, according to Klan officials and organizations that track hate groups.

In Gaston County near Charlotte, the imperial wizard of the Mount Holly-based chapter of the Klan says membership is growing faster than he's seen since joining in the 1960s.

"People are tired of this mess," said Virgil Griffin, 62. "The illegal immigrants are taking this country over."

Griffin recounted 1960s Klan rallies when dozens, sometimes hundreds, marched through towns such as Mount Holly, Salisbury and Wilmington.

"We were strong in the '60s," he said. "We're not that strong now. We're hoping to get there."

The group wants to increase its numbers so it can influence local and national politics. The Klan's goals include military border enforcement and ending taxpayer-funded services to illegal immigrants.

Klan members often associate with racist skinheads or neo-Nazis, and illegal immigration is a top issue for all of them, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project for the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center.

From 2000 to 2005, the number of hate groups grew 33 percent in the United States while Klan chapters grew by 63 percent, according to the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center.

North Carolina has grown from 27 to 35 extremist groups, including eight Klan chapters, in the past five years, according to the center.

The FBI in Charlotte reported sporadic rises in Klan activity in recent years but nothing significant.

Still, Klan growth in North Carolina reflects a "surprising and troubling resurgence" around the country as the group uses new tools such as the Internet to recruit members, said David Friedman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Washington.

The Klan remains dangerous because of its history of intimidation and violence, he said.

There are as many as 803 white supremacist groups and 150 Klan chapters nationwide, according to Potok.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251 ... mmigration

Shadow, what do you think about this article?

I think it's hogwash. The KKK is not growing. This is just propaganda.

Funny thing is, this benefits the illegal aliens and the Klan. One wants to be the victim of a very very small group of people and the other would like to think they are bigger and more popular than they are.

Dixie

Its a variation on the theme some of the press has been trying to play the last few weeks. They finally found someone to say its growing. Big deal. Its such a small group of people to start out with. They hate lots of different types of people. I would reckon 99.999% of the people against illegal immigration have nothing in common with the klan. The facts stand on their own.

Hullabaloo x 2

Of course this is scare tactic propaganda. All this "fear" over the Klan--only I couldn't help but notice that nobody I know is afraid of the Klan. The Klan is an unfunny joke and has been since before before my father's birth.

How many people were killed by the Klan last year? Zero? How about the year before? Zero? And before that?

Now let's compare that to the number of Americans killed by people in this nation who aren't even supposed to be here.

I think mainstream media is dying because people are fed up with hearing this dishonest PC bullsmit.

Hey media morons, did it ever occur to you if the immigration laws were enforced the Klan WOULD NOT be growing? The media with all their open borders lobbying (along with big business) is responsible for more people interested in joining the Klan.

There are as many as 803 white supremacist groups and 150 Klan chapters nationwide, according to Potok.

This guy has been running his mouth, but failed to show the police statistics to back anything up.
Shadow, why'd you want us to see this again?

Originally Posted by loservillelabor

There are as many as 803 white supremacist groups and 150 Klan chapters nationwide, according to Potok.

This guy has been running his mouth, but failed to show the police statistics to back anything up.
Shadow, why'd you want us to see this again?

I was wondering the same thing myself

North Carolina and across the country, according to Klan officials and organizations that track hate groups.

Well they have not been doing their job very well tracking hate groups. I can name a few they do nothing about, but i'll name one and you can use your imagination for the rest of them (MECHA)