http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44919
ACLU man joins Minutemen, local chapter gets suspended
State officials say group will not tolerate racism, vigilantism in leadership structure
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Posted: June 22, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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The American Civil Liberties Union may fight for those holding unpopular beliefs and taking controversial stands, but the ACLU of New Mexico suspended an entire chapter of the organization because a member of the board of directors is leading the state's Minuteman group.
The state organization suspended its Las Cruces chapter after learning that a member of the group's board, Clifford Alford, was heading the formation of a Minuteman group in New Mexico.
Gary Mitchell, a Ruidoso attorney and president of the ACLU board of directors, said the suspension of the southern chapter was a technical move to make sure the leader of the New Mexico Minutemen, a civilian border patrol group, no longer had authority to act or speak on behalf of the ACLU.