I recommend viewing this discussion with Roberto Lovato and Linda Chavez.  The intro includes a clip of MATT founder Lionel Sosa and follows with 20 minutes of debate that cannot be found within the normal cable news cycle. 

The Southern Poverty Law Center released it's 2008 Intelligence Report, detailing the rise of hate groups in the U.S. The headline that "the number of hate groups operating in America increased last year to 888, a rise of 48% since 2000" is probably as surprising to most people as the fact that gas prices have risen since 2000. Political divisiveness and angry "U.S. & them" rhetoric of the past 8 years (where them can include anyone from hard-working migrant workers to non-Christian women and children in bombs way) have regretfully sent our country on a difficult path. 

Most alarming is the segment that details the concentration of these hate groups targeting Latinos and residing in the border states of California, Arizona & Texas. The vast majority of the growth in hate groups are anti-immigrant and add fuel to the already fiery demonization of Latino communities, resulting in an increase of hate crimes against Latinos up 35%, according to FBI statistics. It is hard to argue that the corporate media's framing of a one-sided debate on immigration bears no responsibility for this increase of socially destructive hate groups.

Also available in Spanish:

El Año de Odio 2008