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<blockquote data-quote="KingofBrown" data-source="post: 764003" data-attributes="member: 28771"><a href="http://www.hnn.us/articles/130543.html" target="_blank">http://www.hnn.us/articles/130543.html</a>&nbsp;Manuel García Loya, Eleazar Ruelas Zavala, and Bernabe H—men between the ages of 18 and 25—all held jobs in Mexico, but came north for higher wages. Their path took them across a ranch owned by the Hanigans. Thomas and Patrick Hanigan, sons of George Hanigan, spotted the migrants from their pickup truck. After demanding that the Mexicans explain why they were in the United States, the brothers bound them, forced them into their truck, and drove them out into the fields. There they beat them, robbed them, hung them from a tree, burned their feet, held a knife to their genitals, and finally cut them loose and told them to run back to Mexico. As the migrants ran towards the border, the Hanigans fired more than one hundred rounds of birdshot into their backs. &nbsp;The Hanigan Case suggests a whole other set of lessons as well. First, it reminds us that Mexican migrants are more likely to be victims of crimes than perpetrators. Second, it demonstrates the strong correlation between recession and anti-immigrant sentiment. On this point, it should come as no surprise that politicians now seek to divert attention from their own political failures and shortsightedness by blaming Mexicans. Third, the Hanigan Case shows that vigilante activism in Arizona is not the domain of a few extremists who have found a home there only since Chris Simcox moved to Tombstone. From the KKK to the Minutemen, exclusionary vigilantes have a rich tradition in southern Arizona. Finally, Arizona also has an equally impressive tradition of civil rights activism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KingofBrown, post: 764003, member: 28771"] [URL]http://www.hnn.us/articles/130543.html[/URL] Manuel García Loya, Eleazar Ruelas Zavala, and Bernabe H—men between the ages of 18 and 25—all held jobs in Mexico, but came north for higher wages. Their path took them across a ranch owned by the Hanigans. Thomas and Patrick Hanigan, sons of George Hanigan, spotted the migrants from their pickup truck. After demanding that the Mexicans explain why they were in the United States, the brothers bound them, forced them into their truck, and drove them out into the fields. There they beat them, robbed them, hung them from a tree, burned their feet, held a knife to their genitals, and finally cut them loose and told them to run back to Mexico. As the migrants ran towards the border, the Hanigans fired more than one hundred rounds of birdshot into their backs. The Hanigan Case suggests a whole other set of lessons as well. First, it reminds us that Mexican migrants are more likely to be victims of crimes than perpetrators. Second, it demonstrates the strong correlation between recession and anti-immigrant sentiment. [B]On this point, it should come as no surprise that politicians now seek to divert attention from their own political failures and shortsightedness by blaming Mexicans.[/B] Third, the Hanigan Case shows that vigilante activism in Arizona is not the domain of a few extremists who have found a home there only since Chris Simcox moved to Tombstone. From the KKK to the Minutemen, exclusionary vigilantes have a rich tradition in southern Arizona. Finally, Arizona also has an equally impressive tradition of civil rights activism. [/QUOTE]

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