Man Monitored by Hate Watchdog Skips Ariz. Hearing

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Man Monitored by Hate Watchdog Skips Ariz. Hearing
PHOENIX March 17, 2011 (AP)

The chairman of a civilian border watch group described by a watchdog organization as a "vitriolic Mexican-basher" who courts white supremacists will no longer give a presentation about the state of the U.S.-Mexico border to an Arizona Senate panel.

Republican Sen. Sylvia Allen had invited American Border Patrol Chairman Glenn Spencer to give a border assessment to the Senate's border security committee on Thursday. Allen chairs the committee.

Spencer was still planning on giving the presentation early Wednesday afternoon, when he told The Associated Press that he would tell senators that the Border Patrol was ineffective.

But when the senators met Thursday morning, Allen said Spencer would not be there, offering no explanation.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13158481

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http://www.adl.org.nyud.net:8090/NR/rdonlyres/ef56krvmspm7ohw4vvsqqqgnssleux7tippo5r5i23ffbnpymlrtckutvfllnudqf474ia446jdjan/GlennSpencer.jpg

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Glenn Spencer, head of the American Border Patrol, a virulently anti-Hispanic group, has been using Twitter since May 2009. Spencer is a frequent user of the service, focusing many of his tweets on reports of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in an effort to portray them as generally criminal.

http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/Extremists-Utilize-Twitter.htm

[louis-t]

1. Repugs invite hate groups to speak?

The dickens, you say!