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Humberto Caspa Chronicles the Fear and Loathing of Mexicans in Costa Mesa

OC Weekly | May 15, 2008

If Orange County is the Mexican-hating capital of America, then Costa Mesa is its capitol -- the crucible where anti-immigrant measures get debated, adopted, executed, and then mimicked nationwide.

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Tags: Immigration, Minutemen, anti-immigration, Mexicans, Humberto Caspa, Seven Locks Press, Terror in the Latino Barrio: The Rise of the New Right in Local Government, Nonfiction Reviews

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