Anti-Mexican sentiment

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It has recently been reported that members of Neo-Nazi organizations have

participated in demonstrations by

the Minuteman Project and other anti-immigration organizations.[26][27][28]

In 2006, it was revealed that

Laine Lawless, former Minuteman Project member and founder of Border

Guardians (an anti-illegal

immigration organization), sent e-mails to leaders of the National Socialist

Movement (a neo-nazi

organization) in which she encouraged violence against "illegals" and

Spanish speaking individuals.[29]

According to FBI statistics, the number of anti-Latino hate crimes increased

by 35 percent since 2003. In

California, the state with the largest Mexican and Mexican-American

population, the number of hate crimes

against Latinos has almost doubled.[30][31]. This statistic has been

challenged by the anti-immigration

Federation for American Immigration Reform for selecting a base year (2003)

in which anti-Latino hate crimes

were reported at an unusually low level and for not indexing the increase

with the corresponding increase in

the Hispanic population.[32]

In modern times,墨尔本华人, organizations such as neo-nazis, white supremacist groups,

American nationalist, and

nativist groups have all been known and continue to intimidate, harass and

advocate the use of violence

towards Mexican Americans.[33][34][35][36] Ethnic slurs such as "wetback", "

dogs" (as described by a member

of the Houston Independent School District's Board of Trustees), "spick" or

"spic", or "bandido" are used to

refer to illegal immigrants.[citation needed]

Much hatred has arisen in the U.S. during the 2008-09 Mexican drug war, as

well as due to the 2009 flu

pandemic. The movement generally consists of at least boycotting or refusing

to purchase Mexican products,

disrespecting Hispanics, or in severe cases threatening or abusing them with

violence.

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