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# Minutemen and counter-protesters clash in Santa Monica over immigration
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/011806-story/
- Published: 2006-01-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:03:39.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Last week, activists across the country battled over whether or not undocumented immigrants have a right to work in the United States. At a Santa Monica site, numerous counter-protesters came out to confront members of the Minutemen Project, who organized demonstrations at 100 different day laborer sites across the country. Dubbed “Stop the Invasion” National Protest Day, the day was meant to send the symbolic message that the Minutemen are opposed to illegal immigration and seek to tighten borders.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What’s your take on the illegal immigrant situation in Southern California? How should the government handle it?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 18, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)