The battle between open-borders extremists and the U.S. Border Patrol in Calexico may mark the beginning of the intifada predicted by Andres Oppenheimer. "The rapid escalation of the U.S. anti-immigration hysteria - fueled by ratings-hungry cable-television hotheads and leading Republican presidential hopefuls - is a dangerous trend: It may lead to a Hispanic intifada that may rock this nation in the not-so-distant future." "Americans must understand that we are in a pre-war period and that blame for the inevitable civil war must lie at the feet of those who subverted our immigration laws," said Glenn Spencer of American Patrol. "At the top of this list are names like the Los Angeles Times, the Ford Foundation, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Mexican government," he added.