A neo-Nazi group staged a protest against illegal immigration in south Omaha, the heart of the city’s Hispanic population.

The rally Saturday afternoon by the National Socialist Movement was focused on Thrift World, a business that the group say hires illegal immigrants. Members of the group destroyed a Mexican flag and traded insults with counter-protesters.

Brian Holland, the National Socialist Movement’s candidate for president, says he respects people’s heritage, but has a problem with illegal immigration because it’s illegal.

A federal indictment issued in April accuses the owner of American Clothing, an Iowa company that distributes secondhand clothing to stores such as Thrift World, of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

Both businesses refused to comment on the rally.