A friend related this story the other night: Her friend passed by the Southampton 7-11, scene of a daily shape-up site which has been the focus of much attention lately. A group of anti-immigrant protesters have been frequenting the parking lot of the store for over a week now.
The friend is not bashful. She approached one of the protesters, a young man holding a large sign with the message "NO AMNESTY". "What does amnesty mean?", she asked. The picketer answered "I don't know. I'm just paid to stand here with this sign".
Could this be anecdotal evidence of a campaign by one of the national anti-immigrant groups with neo-fascist connections to use Southampton's immigrant problems to gain recruits?
