La Raza conference smears immigration patriots.How's this for sordid hypocrisy? An organization that identifies itself by race and that promotes militant racism denounces as "racist" and "xenophobic xen·o·phobe n. A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. xen " American citizens who merely insist that our government enforce our borders. Translated into English, the National Council of La Raza The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the United States. The NCLR was founded in 1968 as a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing discrimination and poverty and to improving the lives and economic opportunities of (NCLR) means National Council of The Race. "The Race" in this instance refers to people of Mexican descent. The recent NCLR national conference in Los Angeles (see page 18) featured a presentation by Joanna Mendelson--investigative reporter with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of Southern California entitled "Keeping Our Institutions Safe." Sam Antonio, national immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. spokesman for the John Birch Society John Birch Society, ultraconservative, anti-Communist organization in the United States. It was founded in Dec., 1958, by manufacturer Robert Welch and named after John Birch, an American intelligence officer killed by Communists in China (Aug., 1945). , attended the conference as a correspondent for THE NEW AMERICAN. He described the ADL program as a vicious example of the sandwich smear: "Responsible, patriotic organizations such as the Minutemen and the California Coalition for Immigration Reform California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a Huntington Beach, California-based political advocacy group devoted to immigration reduction. It was founded in 1994 by Barbara Coe, a former police clerk who has served as chairwoman of the organization ever since. [CCIR] were repeatedly cited as 'virulent' and 'anti-Hispanic,' and grouped together with the Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (k  ' klŭks klăn), designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used and neo-Nazi groups like Stormfront." The ADL slide show particularly focused on CCIR leader Barbara Coe. "Mrs. Coe was mentioned by name several times as though she were some dangerous Public Enemy No. 1," said Antonio. "I know Barbara very well and have worked with her for many years. She's a wonderful lady who has done tremendous work to secure our borders, certainly not the racist ogre the ADL and NCLR try to make her out to be." When informed by THE NEW AMERICAN that she had been singled out at the NCLR conference, Mrs. Coe replied that although she deeply resents false characterizations of her as a racist, "I guess it could be considered an honor of sorts to be singled out for attack by the real racists, the leaders of La Raza."
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