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Posted by Dan Taylor
Minutemen Project comes to Memphis
May 8, 2006, 06:40 AM


MEMPHIS -The Minuteman Project's caravan will visit Memphis and will push its political platform on illegal immigration.

The Minuteman Project wants stronger borders, and organizers hoped the trip would help counter marches around the nation demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants.

They will visit downtown Memphis at 12:00 p.m. Monday and will protest outside the Memphis Visitor's Center.

Sunday, an estimated 15,000 people showed up in Little Rock's River Market area for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The Minuteman Project held a protest just blocks away and drew significantly fewer people, and less controversy than at other stops.

Project Leaders began their cross-country tour Wednesday, launching a caravan to the nation's capital from a heavily black neighborhood in Los Angeles. Many residents there shouted at the civilian patrol group to go home.


The stop in Little Rock was met with minimal protest.