Bruce Derflinger

A phony telephone hot line that promises rewards for those who turn in illegal immigrants does not violate hate-crime laws and will not be investigated, a Police Department spokesman said Monday. The Spanish-language hot line, set up by an Anaheim businessman, has angered local Latino leaders because it uses a derogatory term for illegal immigrants and appears to divide the minority community by asking callers to turn in undocumented residents.

The originator of a bogus telephone hot line asking citizens to turn in illegal immigrants said Friday he has discontinued the controversial line in an effort to settle a dispute with a Spanish-language TV station. Anaheim businessman Bruce Derflinger, former head of the county chapter of the Jewish Defense League, said the line was discontinued after members of a county Latino-rights group offered to mediate his dispute with Glendale TV station KVEA, Channel 52.

The originator of a bogus telephone hot line asking citizens to turn in illegal immigrants said Friday he has discontinued the controversial line in an effort to settle a dispute with a Spanish-language TV station. Anaheim businessman Bruce Derflinger, former head of the county chapter of the Jewish Defense League, said the line was discontinued after members of a county Latino-rights group offered to mediate his dispute with Glendale TV station KVEA, Channel 52.

A phony telephone hot line that promises rewards for those who turn in illegal immigrants does not violate hate-crime laws and will not be investigated, a Police Department spokesman said Monday. The Spanish-language hot line, set up by an Anaheim businessman, has angered local Latino leaders because it uses a derogatory term for illegal immigrants and appears to divide the minority community by asking callers to turn in undocumented residents.

A former head of the Orange County chapter of the Jewish Defense League acknowledged Wednesday that he set up a bogus "Turn In an Illegal Alien" telephone line that has angered Latino activists. But Bruce Derflinger, who said he once received an award from the American Civil Liberties Union for his work on minority-rights issues, denied that his actions were racially motivated.

An Anaheim businessman and the head of Spanish-language television station KVEA in Glendale agreed Friday to meet early next week in an effort to settle a dispute and end a phony "Turn In an Illegal Alien" hot line that the businessman said he set up as revenge against the station.

An Anaheim businessman and the head of Spanish-language television station KVEA in Glendale agreed Friday to meet early next week in an effort to settle a dispute and end a phony "Turn In an Illegal Alien" hot line that the businessman said he set up to take revenge on the station.

Searching for a motive for the 1980 bombing death of a Manhattan Beach woman, a federal grand jury has subpoenaed two former members of the Jewish Defense League to testify in its investigation into the unsolved murder, JDL officials said Friday.

Searching for a motive for the 1980 bombing death of a Manhattan Beach woman, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles has subpoenaed two former members of the Jewish Defense League to testify in its investigation into the unsolved murder, JDL officials said Friday.

A former head of the Orange County chapter of the Jewish Defense League acknowledged Wednesday that he set up a bogus "Turn In an Illegal Alien" telephone line that has angered Latino activists. But Bruce Derflinger, who said he once received an award from the American Civil Liberties Union for his work on minority-rights issues, denied that his actions were racially motivated.