On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:08:55 -0500, "Busta Capp" <w...@ssup.com> wrote:

'Klan officials, who are based in Arkansas, said yesterday that Virginia
residents had asked them for Klan literature to deliver in Manassas.' And
they don't have to be Klansmen to deliver them, Julio

Klan Leaflets Denounced in Manassas

Members of Both Sides of Debate Reject Appeal to 'White Christian America'

By Pamela Constable
Thursday, September 6, 2007

Dozens of Ku Klux Klan leaflets calling for a ban on "all non-white
immigration" were distributed last weekend in Manassas, where a dispute over
illegal immigration has raised tensions in recent weeks.

The leaflets, dropped at night into mailboxes and on driveways along one
street, urged "white Christian America" to stand up for its rights.
Smatterings of racist literature are distributed in communities throughout
the region every few weeks, but this incident struck a raw nerve in
Manassas.

Klan officials, who are based in Arkansas, said yesterday that Virginia
residents had asked them for Klan literature to deliver in Manassas.

In Prince William County, officials are trying to restrict public services
to illegal immigrants and allow local police to take action against them.
Latino activist groups are staging marches and boycotts to protest the
proposed measures, which they denounce as racist and anti-Latino.

"We have heard from people all over Virginia, including Manassas, who are
concerned about quality-of-life issues including gangs, violence and drugs,"
said Travis Pierce, a Klan official, speaking by telephone from Compton,
Ark. "We put out leaflets to bring these problems to the attention of the
local authorities. . . . Our concerns are legitimate, and our actions are
legal."

Officials and activists on both sides of the immigration debate in Prince
William rejected the Klan's message and actions, which came to light when
homeowners on one street in Manassas said over the weekend that they had
found several dozen Klan leaflets in their mailboxes or on their driveways.

"This is totally over the top. It is something the citizens here will
universally condemn," said Greg Letiecq, an activist who opposes illegal
immigration and heads a group called Help Save Manassas. The group complains
that the large influx of Latino immigrants to the region, including many who
are illegal, has burdened public services and caused neighborhoods to
deteriorate.

Marc T. Aveni, a member of the Manassas City Council, said that the Klan
should stay away from the area and that its actions were not productive.

"We don't want this here," he told Potomac News Online. "I 100-percent
condemn this sort of thing."

Pro-immigrant activists in Prince William, led by the group Mexicans Without
Borders, condemned the Klan activities in even stronger terms. They said the
Klan leaflets showed that local efforts to curb illegal immigration had
created a "hostile environment" toward immigrants and minorities.

"Any time lawmakers pass initiatives that . . . single out a segment of the
population and try to drive them out of the community, they are laying the
foundation for increased bigotry and hatred," Mexicans Without Borders said
in a statement issued yesterday in response to the reports of Klan
leafleting. They said a recent wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric had "opened
the door to racist organizations."

And another group of foreign agents sounds off. It's high time that we
realised that this invasion is a deliberate act of war by the Mexican
goverenment.

Some local residents suggested that the immigrant groups had drawn distant
"fringe elements" to the region, especially by staging a week-long economic
boycott and a protest rally this month. But Pierce said the people who
handed out the Klan leaflets were all Virginia residents who "love their
nation and see the problems too."

The leaflets contain a brief history of the Klan, tell how to contact and
join the group, and urge "white Christian Americans" to unite in defense
against a variety of issues, including drugs, gang violence and pornography.
They also opposed immigration by Mexicans and other "non-white" groups, who
they said seek to "take over" the country.

Police said no problems or incidents were reported in connection with the
leafleting, and no arrests were made.

Although Klan activities are focused in the U.S. South, its members have
periodically distributed similar material in other communities in the
Washington area where racial or immigration issues have heated up. Klan
recruiting leaflets were found in Frederick in 1999, and a Klan march was
held in Annapolis in 1998.

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