Costa Mesa mayor joins Minutemen, unveils extremist anti-immigrant agenda

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Latest news on Costa Mesa, California’s crackdown on immigrant rights, from the Orange County Organizer: http://www.ocorganizer.com These news stories are accompanied by video, audio and photos.

--Mayor, and now Minuteman, Allan Mansoor comes out of the closet with extremist agenda: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/coming_out.html (audio, photos)

Excerpt: “Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor tore down the already porous border of moderation surrounding the city’s latest immigrant crackdown proposal when he joined the Minuteman Project organization Wednesday night and unveiled his desire to deport every “illegal” immigrant in the city.”

--Mayor Mansoor responds to critics of his free speech/immigrant crackdown, but continues selective enforcement of the law: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/mansoor_2.html (video, photo)

Excerpt: “`When I advised him not to do so, Mr. Acosta [aka Tezcalipoca] continued to repeatedly implore the crowd to stand by saying ‘Do it. Do it. Do it,’ Mansoor said. Worried about widespread violence, he called a recess to `diffuse the situation.’… [but] Only after the combined provocation of the Mayor and police officers was there a credible possibility of violence outside of the council chamber from an outraged crowd that shouted to officers `why did you hit him?’”

--Activists call for investigation of Mayor Mansoor for “unlawfully disrupting a public meeting: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/investigation.html (video, photo)

Excerpt: “… an investigation to determine whether or not Mayor Allan Mansoor violated Section 2-60 of the municipal code when he engaged in conduct which unlawfully disrupted a meeting of the Costa Mesa City Council on the evening of Tuesday, January 3, 2006.”

--Immigrant rights group vows to continue fight against gentrification and ethnic cleansing in Costa Mesa: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/tezcalipoca.html (videos, photos)

Excerpt: “Coyotl Tezcalipoca of the Tonantzin Collective vows to continue to speak out against “racist” immigration policies promoted by Mayor Allan Mansoor, despite having been attacked by police at a previous city council meeting after asking supporters in the audience to stand.”

--Minuteman Jim Gilchrist is still haunted by little Green men (and women): http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/j__gilchrist.html (video, photos)

Excerpt: “Since sometime last Spring, Minuteman Jim Gilchrist has been imagining that Green Party terrorists are out to take away his First Amendment rights, assassinate an 80-year-old woman and stalk him like John Hinckley stalked Ronald Reagan.”

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