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Devin Burghart and Leonard Zeskind

Devin Burghart and Leonard Zeskind

Beyond FAIR Appendix A: Nativist Leaders Involved in Tea Party Activity.

 

Name Nativist Title Nativist Group City State National Tea Party Membership Local Tea Party Activity
Al Garza Vice President Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Cochise County AZ Founder, Patriots Coalition; Member Central Valley Tea Party
Barbara Coe Chairwoman California Coalition For Immigration Reform Huntington Beach CA Spoke At California Tea Party Events
Barbara Sands Metro West Team Leader FIRE Coalition Northborough MA Member, Northboroughteaparty
Bob Bowser State Director FIRE Coalition Salina KS Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots Patriot Action Network State Director
Bob Park Project Coordinator Immivasion Prescott AZ Member, Arizona Tea Party
Bob Schrameyer Leader Citizens For Immigration Law Enforcement Goshen IN Helped Organize Elkhart County Tax Day Tea Party Protest
Bob Wright State Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - New Mexico Chapter Santa Fe NM Leader Local Tea Party, Spoke At New Mexico Tea Party Event, Also A Militia Leader
Brenda Walker Web Publisher And Newsletter Editor, Founder, Writer Bay Area Coalition For Immigration Reform; Immmigrations Human Costs, VDARE Berkeley CA Participated In California Tea Party Events
Carl Braun State Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - California Chapter San Diego CA Created Tea Party Pledge That Included Immigration
Carla Bonney Leader Ventura County Independent Minutemen Ventura CA Tea Party Patriots Member, Ventura County Not Going To Take It Anymore - Tea Party Patriots
Carmen Mercer President Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Tombstone AZ Tea Party Patriots
Carol Helms Director Immigration Reform For Oklahoma Now (IRON) Jenks OK Spoke At Tulsa Tea Party Events
Chad MacDonald Director Of Social Media Marketing Numbersusa Arlington VA Tea Party Nation Spoke At California Tea Party Events; Organized Anti-DREAM Act Events With Tea Party Patriots
Chelene Nightingale Leader Save Our State Los Angeles CA Member, Central Valley Tea Party; Spoke At South Orange County Tea Party
Cheree Calabro Co-Founder Indiana Federation For Immigration Reform Enforcement Valparaiso IN Patriot Action Network
Chris Simcox Founder Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Tombstone AZ Spoke At Arizona Tea Party Events
Chuck Ratliff Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Houston Chapter Houston TX Participated In Tea Party Express Searchlight, NV Rally
Claudia Leonard State Director FIRE Coalition Concord OH Her Group, Ohio FIRE Became A Member Of The Tea Party Umbrella Ohio Liberty Council
Craig Halverson State Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Iowa Chapter Griswold IA Spoke At Spencer Tea Party Rally
Curtis Collier President U.S. Border Watch Spring TX Spoke At District 17 Tea Party Event, Sept. 2010
D.A. King President, Board Of Advisors Dustin Inman Society Marietta GA Spoke At GA Tea Party Event - June 1, 2010
Dan Smeriglio Founder Voice Of The People Hazelton PA Spoke At Pennsylvania Tea Party Events
David Caulkett Creator FIRE Coalition; Illegalaliens.Us And Report Illegals Pompano Beach FL Patriot Action Network
Dennis Drake Southern Indiana Team Leader FIRE Coalition Santa Claus IN Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Patriots Patriot Action Network Coordinator, Tri-State Tea Party
Dexter Dawston Founder Georgia Coalition Against Illegal Immigration Snellville GA Tea Party Patriots Organizer Of Dekalb County Patriots Tea Party Group
Don Goldwater Chapter Director/Media Liaison Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Phoenix Chapter Phoenix AZ Member, Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots
Don L. Blackford Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Harrison County Chapter Logan IA Participated In Iowa City, Iowa Tea Party Event
Don Marciniak Columbiana County Team Leader FIRE Coalition Columbiana OH Tea Party Patriots
Doug Kagan Chairman Nebraska Taxpayers For Freedom - Illegal Immigration Project Omaha NE 1776 Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots His Group Became A Tea Party Chapter
Douglas Roy President KFIRE Lexington KY Spoke At Lexington Tea Party Events
Dr. Howard Garber Founder American Civil Responsibilities Union Orange CA 1776 Tea Party
Duane Smith State Director FIRE Coalition Las Vegas NV Leader, Nevada Action Coalition (A Tea Party Group), Member Of Nevada Active Conservatives, Organized Tea Party Express Stop
Ed Hayes Founder Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Heart Of America Chapter Overland Park KS Tea Party Patriots
Elise Marciano Founding Member United States Citizens For Immigration Law Enforcement West Redding CT Participated In Danbury, CT Tea Party
Enos Schera Vice President Citizens Of Dade United Miami FL Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Nation
Evert Evertsen Founder Minutemen Midwest Harvard IL Patriot Action Network
Gianluca Zanna Founder Mohave County Minutemen Golden Valley AZ Tea Party Recording Artist
Ginger Saunders Treasure Coast Team Leader FIRE Coalition Stuart FL Tea Party Patriots
Greg Letiecq Executive Director Save The Old Dominion Manassas VA His Group Is A Partner Of Virginia Tea Party Patriots; He Also Does The Video For The Prince William County, VA Tea Party
Greg Serbon Co-Founder And Lake County Regional Director Indiana Federation For Immigration Reform Enforcement Valparaiso IN Spoke At Tea Party Rally In Indianapolis, IN
Hal Washburn Vetting Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Washington Chapter Olalla WA Patriot Action Network
James Carter State Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Tennessee Chapter Murfreesboro TN Tea Party Patriots
James Flohr Vice Chair Citizens Council On Illegal Immigration Of Washington County Spanish Fork UT Spoke At Salt Lake County Tea Party Events
James G. McDonald VCIR, Founder; FAIR, Board Of Directors Virginia Coalition For Immigration Reform Alexandria VA Patriot Action Network
Janet Renner President Floridians For Immigration Enforcement Ballwin MO Member, Southwest Florida 9-12 Project
Jay Schoby San Gabriel Valley Team Leader FIRE Coalition South Pasadena CA Member, Teapac - Pasadena Patriots
Jeff Henry Chapter Leader Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Colorado Springs Chapter Peyton CO Patriot Action Network
Jeff Lewis National Director FIRE Coalition; Patriot Watchdog Wilson NC Member, Wilson NC Tea Party
Jeff Schwilk Founder, San Diego County Team Leader San Diego Minutemen, FIRE Coalition San Diego CA Leader, Socal Patriots
Jeffrey Fabi Central Florida Patriots Minuteman Project, FIRE Coalition Paisley FL Freedomworks
Jeremy Doucet State Director FIRE Coalition Portsmouth RI Tea Party Patriots Member, Rhode Island Tea Party
Jesse Lee Peterson President BOND Los Angeles CA Member, South Central LA Tea Party
Jim Eckland Lancaster, MA Team Leader FIRE Coalition Lancaster MA Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots Member, Northborough MA Tea Party
Jim Gilchrist President Minuteman Project Aliso Viejo CA 1776 Tea Party
Jim Ludwick Director Of Communications, Former President Oregonians For Immigration Reform Mcminnville OR Spoke At Oregon 9-12 Project Meetings
Jim Nixon Tucson, AZ Team Leader FIRE Coalition Tucson AZ Patriot Action Network
Jim Rizoli Founder Concerned Citizens And Friends Of Illegal Immigration Law Enforcement Framingham MA Patriot Action Network
Jim Robb Staff Member NumbersUSA Alexandria VA Spoke At Alexandria Tea Party Events
John Hendrix Chapter Leader Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Florida Chapter Tampa FL Patriot Action Network
John Ryan Founder Pennsylvania Minutemen Southampton PA Tea Party Nation
Joyce Mucci Founder, Staff Mid America Immigration Reform Coalition, FAIR Kansas City MO Spoke At Baton Rouge Tea Party Event, Tampa & Inverness Florida TP Events
Kenny J. Wallis President Keeparkansaslegal Little Rock AR Spoke At March 14, 2009 Arkansas Tea Party Protest
Kris Kobach Counsel Immigration Reform Law Institute (FAIR) Overland Park KS Spoke At Several Tea Party Events In Kansas
Larry Jones Pinal County, AZ Team Leader FIRE Coalition Maricopa AZ Member, Arizona Tea Party
Lawrence Headrick Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Northwest Georgia Chapter Tunnel Hill GA Member, Local Tea Party
Lex Price Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Emporia Chapter Emporia KS Leader, Kansans For Constitutional Integrity And Emporia Tea Party
Louise Whiteford President Texans For Immigration Reform, Inc. Houston TX Tea Party Nation
Mark Boughton Mayor Of The City Of Danbury Mayors And County Executives For Immigration Reform Danbury CT Campaigned At Tea Party Events
Mark Ryan Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Crawford County Chapter Denison IA Active with Local Tea Party
Marlene Tobin Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Pittsburgh Chapter Canonsburg PA Tea Party Patriots Member, Southwest PA Tea Party; Member, Pittsburgh South 912 Group; Member, Washington County, PA 912 Project
Michael Crowe President Virginia Coalition For Immigration Reform Springfield VA Patriot Action Network
Mike Jarbeck Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Florida Chapter Orlando FL Patriot Action Network
Pat Byrne Texas State Deputy Director & Texas Border Operations Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Texas Chapter Austin TX Executive Director, Patriots Coalition
Penny Magnotto Founder Minutewomen On The Road Lake Elsinore CA Participated In California Tea Party Events
Peter Gadiel President 9-11 Families For A Secure America Kent CT 1776 Tea Party
Peter Lanteri New York Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - New York Chapter Long Island NY Spoke At Long Island Tea Party Coalition Meeting, March 30, 2011
Ray Bostard Berks County Team Leader FIRE Coalition Reading PA Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, Member, Berks County Patriots
Rebecca Forest Co-Founder Immigration Reform Coalition Of Texas (IRCOT) Austin TX Leader, Texas Tea Party
Renee Slinkard Founder Kansas FIRE Coalition Paola KS Leader Tea Party Immigration Coalition Kansas Chapter
Rick Haley Vice President Oregonians For Immigration Reform McMinnville OR Spoke Salem Tea Party Event. OFIR Also Participated In Tea Party Events
Rick Oltman National Media Director (Former) Californians For Population Stabilization Novato CA Spoke At California Tea Party Events
Robert Dameron Founder Citizens For The State Of Washington Yakima WA Patriot Action Network
Robert Najmulski Northeast Field Director Federation For American Immigration Reform Washington DC Spoke At Lorain County Tea Party, Greater Boston Tea Party, And Adrian, MI 9-12 Project Meetings
Robert Wren Chair UFIRE Spanish Fork UT Spoke At October 18, 2010 Salt Lake County Tea Party Event
Robin Hvidston Co-Founder, Leader FIRE Coalition; Southern California Minuteman Upland CA Patriot Action Network
Rodney Hunt Co-Founder Mississippi FIRE Flowood MS Patriot Action Network, Tea Party Patriots Director, Central Mississippi Tea Party Inc.
Ron Bass Founder United Patriots Of America Elizabeth NJ Patriot Action Network
Ron Woodward Director NC Listen Cary NC Spoke At Tea Party Rally In Raleigh, NC
Rosanna Pulido Founder Chicago Minutemen Chicago Il Patriot Action Network
Roy Beck Executive Director NumbersUSA Arlington VA Spoke At Several Tea Party Events
Ruthie Hendrycks Founder Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform Hanska MN Patriot Action Network
Sandra Beene Co-Founder Texas Minutemen Huntsville TX Patriot Action Network
Schuylar Crist Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - San Antonio Chapter San Antonio TX Member Local Tea Party
Shawna Forde Founder Minuteman American Defense Everett WA Active With Phoenix Tea Party Before Arrest
Stan Weekes Director Colorado Alliance For Immigration Reform Lakewood CO Spoke At Denver Tea Party Events
Steve Eichler Executive Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Riverside CA 1776 Tea Party
Steve Salvi Founder Ohio Jobs & Justice - PAC Cleveland OH Patriot Action Network
Steven R. Maness Founder New Jersey Minuteman Project Sayreville NJ Tea Party Patriots
Susan Tully National Field Director Federation For American Immigration Reform Viroqua WI Tea Party Patriots
Ted Hayes Co-Founder Crispus Attucks Brigade Los Angeles CA His Group, American Black Shield, Is Listed As A Member Group Of The SoCal Patriots. Also Spoke At Tea Party Events.
Teresa Alvelo Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Austin Chapter San Marcos TX Member, Austin, TX Tea Party; San Marcos 912 Patriots, Caldwell 9.12 Project; Constitution Meetup Group
Terry Gorman Founder Rhode Islanders For Immigration Law Enforcement (MMP) Lincoln RI Active With Rhode Island Tea Partiers
Tim Bueler Media Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Laguna Beach CA 1776 Tea Party
Tony Dolz Chapter Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - LA Chapter Thousand Oaks CA FreedomWorks
Walter Adams State Director Minuteman Civil Defense Corps - Pennsylvania Chapter Croydon PA Patriot Action Network
Wendell Neal Leader Tulsa Minutemen Broken Arrow OK Patriot Action Network
William Gheen President ALIPAC Raleigh NC Organized Tea Party Against Amnesty Events Across Country


Beyond FAIR

Beyond FAIR

In this special report the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) delineates the intersection of two trends. One is a measureable drop in the number of local and national anti-immigrant organizations that were established prior to the presidency of Barack Obama. Along the same lines, those organizations which remained experienced a noticeable decrease in the size of their membership and financial support.

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 This has led to a relative decline in what IREHR describes as the Nativist Establishment. It should be noted that IREHR is not arguing that these organizations have disappeared altogether. Neither does IREHR contend that such organizations have ceased to be a danger to human rights. Rather, the data suggests that their size and power have fallen relative to the strength they had achieved at their height during the period 2007-2008.

The second trend is a rise in anti-immigrant activism by the Tea Parties. As IREHR reported in its 2010 special report, Tea Party Nationalism, anti-immigrant sentiment and activism have been part of the Tea Party mix from the beginning. Indeed, we noted then that one of the six national factions, 1776 Tea Party, had imported its staff leadership directly from the Minutemen. In Beyond FAIR, however, we note both an increase in anti-immigrant activism by national and local Tea Party groups, as well as a measurable number of anti-immigrant leaders who have joined the Tea Parties and consequently accelerated the rate of anti-immigrant activism by those Tea Parties.

To a noticeable degree, the transfer of organizational allegiances to the Tea Parties noted in trend two is caused by the drop in strength by established anti-immigrant organizations described in trend one.

This re-articulation of the Nativist Establishment into the Tea Parties changes both the shape and strength of the anti-immigrant impulse in American life. Mixed into the activities of multi-issue organizations (the Tea Parties), it will be harder to delineate and counter by immigrant rights advocates. Further, the Tea Party movement by itself is larger and more significant than the Nativist Establishment ever was, even at its height. As a result, anti-immigrant activism has a bigger immediate constituency and is likely to be stronger.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to The Firedoll Foundation for their support for this report. Thanks to the board and staff of the NAACP for their interest in and support for this effort to educate the public about the nature of the Tea Party movement. We are grateful to NAACP president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous for his foreword. Thanks to Randall Williams of NewSouth Books in Montgomery, Alabama, for his generous contribution of time and effort in the design and composition of this report. And a special thank you to the volunteers who have helped IREHR gather the all the data necessary to complete this project.

About the Authors

Devin Burghart is vice president of IREHR and coordinates the Seattle office. He beganas a research analyst with the Coalition for Human Diginity in Seattle and was co-author of Guns & Gavels: Common Law Courts, Militias & White Supremacy in 1996. From 1997 through2008, he served as director of the Building Democracy Initiative in Chicago, where he developed innovative new approaches to curtail growing anti-immigrant sentiment. He was a 2007 Petra Foundation fellow.


Leonard Zeskind is president of IREHR and author of Blood and Politics: The History ofWhite Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named him a Fellow in 1998 (one of its so-called “Genius Grants”). He is a lifetime member of the NAACP.


Charles Tanner Jr. is a longtime civil and human rights activist. He has conducted researchand done community education on the organized anti-Indian movement. Mr. Tanner hasa master’s degree in political science.

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The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) is a national organization with an international outlook examining racist, anti-Semitic, white nationalist, and far-right social movements, analyzing their intersection with civil society and social policy, educating the public, and assisting in the protection and extension of human rights through organization and informed mobilization.

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