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Students Disrupt Speech By Minuteman Founder Jim Gilchrist

HeadlineOct 06, 2006

Here in New York, student demonstrators at Columbia University disrupted a speech by Jim Gilchrist — founder of the anti-immigrant group the Minuteman Project. Over 20 students stormed the stage after Gilchrist came to the microphone. Two students unfurled a banner reading “No human being is illegal.” Backers of Gilchrist also proceeded up to the stage setting off a brief brawl.

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