Morning Briefing: Arizona State University Student Protest Overwhelm Anti-Immigrant White Nationalists

On the campus of Arizona State University, hundreds of students responded to anti-immigrant White Nationalists by “marching in support of their undocumented classmates."

Feb 03, 2025

Isaiah Alvarado, Ryan Sanchez, Colton Buss and Kevin Decuyper, far right activists associated with the White Nationalist ‘Groyper’ movement, on the campus of Arizona State University. (*Image: Arizona Right Watch / Bluesky*)

Morning Briefing: On the campus of Arizona State University, there was an overwhelming response to an orchestrated event by “College Republicans United, a conservative student group with ties to white supremacists,” which sought to “encourage students to report undocumented classmates to federal immigration authorities.”

In response, there were reportedly hundreds of Arizona State University students that responded by “marching in support of their undocumented classmates,” and the students “surrounded a small gathering of College Republicans United at Hayden Library as they held up their own signs with information on how to tip off immigration officials about classmates suspected of being in the country illegally.”

In Orange County, California, parents of students at Orange County High School reportedly received phone calls informing them of an incident “involving materials containing White supremacist propaganda,” and “at least one student at the school was distributing business cards and flyers recruiting for a White nationalist organization that goes by the name Waidmann's Division.”

In Jacksonville, Alabama, there have reportedly been “White supremacist propaganda posters and stickers… appearing in Jacksonville and other places in the county,” and the propaganda has included “stickers and fliers and they depicted things like Aryan people, threats and violence against political opponents, people of color and Jewish people.”

In Herriman, Utah, members of Patriot Front, the neo-fascist White Nationalist group reportedly gathered near Herriman City Hall to protest “invaders,” and where “seen walking with a banner and several flags, including the Utah state flag, the Betsy Ross flag” and flags that displayed the groups logo.

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