White Nationalist Matthew Heimbach Banned from the United Kingdom
Matthew Heimbach received a letter from the United Kingdom's Home Office banning him from entering the country because of his extremist rhetoric and views.
Matthew Heimbach, an American white nationalist, from the United Kingdom聽on the grounds that his presence may 鈥渇oster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK.鈥�
Heimbach, 25, is president of the Traditionalist Youth Network and training director for the neo-Confederate League of the South (LOS). He received notice of his banishment earlier this week in a letter citing his southern nationalism, along with several speeches containing 鈥淲hite Supremacist, anti-Semitic, racist, and homophobic rhetoric and imagery.鈥�
The letter, issued on behalf of Theresa May, the home secretary for the UK鈥檚 Home Department, explains Britain鈥檚 regarding extremists. Using Heimbach鈥檚 own words as evidence, the letter highlights his reference to homosexuality as a 鈥渄eviant lifestyle鈥� and multiple anti-Semitic declarations that the 鈥渆nemy is the 鈥榠nternational Jew鈥�. Because they want to destroy us all.鈥�
Heimbach鈥檚 participation in organized hate dates back to his time as a student at Towson University where he founded a chapter of the white nationalist student organization Youth for Western Civilization. Heimbach turned the chapter into the White Student Union.
Heimbach was planning to travel to England to before he received notice that he was not welcome聽and would be 鈥渞efused admission on arrival鈥� if he were to try to travel to the UK. The ban will be reviewed in 3 to 5 years.
鈥淚 am now banned from England for being a nationalist while 10ks of radical Muslims are welcomed. 鈥�, Heimbach complained on his Twitter page yesterday.
Michael Cushman, chairman of the South Carolina chapter of LOS and a former member of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, received a similar letter this week, according to an exchange on Facebook.
