Purists

The Purists were a loosely organized group of humans in the Alien Nation TV series, TV movies, and media based upon the TV series.

Purists opposed the integration of the Tectonese (aka Newcomers) who crashed on Earth in 1991 into human society. Purist opposition to the Newcomers was based on a number of factors. Some opposed the granting of civil rights to Newcomers, and felt they should stay with their own kind. Some Purists felt it was only a matter of time until the Newcomers and humans were able to interbreed, which would pollute the human genome and cause humans to become extinct. Some felt with their superior abilities they would try to take over.

While some purists tried to make their case in the political arena, many of their more extreme members took to murder and other terrorist acts against Newcomers and their human supporters. Some in the group wanted to ensure the eradication of all the Newcomers on Earth. A few purists allied themselves with overseers trying to make contact with other overseers still in space, under the mistaken belief that those overseers would recover the slaves and leave the humans alone. (The overseers intended to not only re-enslave the Newcomers, but all of humanity as well).

Generally, though, the purists were unsuccessful in their goals. Their violent actions led to the public turning against them, and supporting expanded civil rights for the Newcomers.