In late December 2008, three members of the National Socialist Movement's (NSM) Southern California unit patrolled the U.S./Mexican border. In addition to displaying a flag bearing a swastika and taking photographs, the group boasted about being “armed up” in preparation for the operation. NSM continually exploits the immigration issue as an opportunity for recruitment; a January 2009 newsletter put out by its New York unit featured an article about the border watch operation, stating “If you are an Aryan and worried about your children's future and the future of America, and you live within reach of the Southern California border and you wish you join the fight then get in touch. Your country needs you now.”

In December 2008, the National Socialist Movement held a “Mid Atlantic Leafleting Event” which, the group claimed, included volunteers from other extremist groups and various states. An “action report” posted to the NSM Web site claimed that several individuals associated with the NSM and other organizations, including Alexandria White Pride, distributed more than 12,000 anti-Obama fliers in cities throughout Virginia and West Virginia.

In an attempt to portray itself as a responsible, community-minded organization, the Springfield, Missouri unit of the NSM adopted a highway to clean up in Springfield in late 2008. In an Internet post discussing the action, the group explained, “We want to show Springfield that we care. We are showing our commitment to cleaning up America by starting right here in our town. NSM Springfield is a part of the solution!”

In November 2008, about ten members held an anti-immigrant rally in Tyler, Texas and faced over 100 counter-protestors. Also in November 2008, members of the group staged an anti-immigrant rally and march at the State Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. Following the demonstrations, the group held a private after-party that included a swastika lighting, a book burning, and a “feast” the following day.

That same month, the Missouri NSM unit hosted a “Martyr's Day Feast” to honor the “Blood Martyrs of Nov. 9th, 1923,” when Hitler attempted to take control of three German cities. During the event, participants burned a swastika, a cross, and a Life Rune.

In July 2008, approximately fifty members of the NSM and their supporters held a public rally in front of Thrift World in Omaha, Nebraska. The NSM chose Thrift World because of the store's connection to the American Clothing Company. Federal authorities indicted the latter company in April on charges that it knowingly employed illegal immigrants.

During the Omaha rally, NSM members destroyed a Mexican flag and exchanged insults with counter-protesters for approximately an hour before heading off to private property in Iowa where Drew Bostwick, its Iowa state leader, hosted an after-rally party. Two white power bands from California, Stormtroop 16 and Slaghammer, performed during the party.

The majority of those in attendance were from the Midwest, including representatives from Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Kansas. Additionally, Virginian Brian Holland, NSM's 2008 Presidential candidate, attended and announced that Drew Bostwick was his presidential running mate. Members of Stormtroop 16 attended the rally as well as the party.

In April 2008, the group held a much-publicized march and rally in Washington D.C., “against illegal immigration.” The featured speaker was Ted Junker, a former German SS soldier during World War II and the founder of a Wisconsin museum devoted to Adolf Hitler. The rally attracted only about 30 NSM members and supporters, who were drowned out by anti-racist counter-demonstrators.

In December 2007, National Socialist Movement (NSM) leader Jeff Schoep announced that he was moving the group's headquarters from Minneapolis to Detroit. The NSM does not have a physical site for its headquarters but, as before, Schoep's home serves as the group's base. Schoep also announced new appointments in the group and stated that “the National Socialist Movement is aggressively strengthening the organisation [sic] with mandatory leadership requirements including mandatory training seminars and other measures designed to increase the level of efficiency across the board.” It appears that Schoep is trying to regroup after factional fighting in the fall of 2007 resulted in key members leaving the group, including John Taylor Bowles, who had been the group's 2008 presidential candidate.

Earlier in 2007, in an apparent effort to expand its Internet presence and build up a base of potential members and supporters, the NSM purchased a white supremacist social networking Website dubbed “New Saxon.” The Website was originally developed as “an online community for whites by whites” by white supremacist Todd Findley. However, in March 2007, he was arrested in Florida for alleged grand theft and organizing a scheme to defraud investors in a housing development project that never materialized. He claims to have sold New Saxon to NSM in order to raise money for his defense. New Saxon has quickly become popular among white supremacists frustrated by restrictions on hate speech at most mainstream social networking sites.

In April 2007, Nick Chappell, the leader of NSM Viking Youth Group and the NSM's treasurer, purchased the Redneck Shop, the decade-old Klan museum and regalia store established by the Invisible Empire of the International Knights “Emperor” John Howard. The NSM planned to hold events at the shop. However, Nick Chapell's departure from the NSM in the fall of 2007 severed the NSM connection.

The NSM also held numerous anti-immigrant rallies, including events in Omaha, Nebraska, in September 2007, in Austin, Texas, in November 2006 and in Orlando, Florida, in February 2006. The group sponsored other rallies as well.

In April 2007, the NSM held its annual meeting in South Carolina, which included a public rally against immigrants and a celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday. In March 2007, about 24 NSM members, clad in Nazi uniforms, and 14 supporters held a rally at the University of Missouri in Columbia to protest the "promotion of Marxism" there. There were over 1,000 spectators and counter-protesters. Police arrested seven protestors on suspicion of charges that included disturbing the peace by fighting, trespassing and assaulting a police officer.

In January 2007, the NSM, emulated book burnings in Nazi Germany by holding a book burning of its own in St. Paul, Minnesota. However, it was sparsely attended due to the severe cold.

In addition to sponsoring their own rallies, NSM members attended the rallies of other white supremacist groups including unity rallies in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Knoxville, Tennessee, in June and August 2007. In 2006, the NSM joined Klan groups at rallies in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and South Carolina.

The NSM also continued its publicity-seeking “public image” projects by trying to join local community initiatives. The NSM's Women's Division reportedly donated money in August 2007 to Amber Alert, the system that uses media announcements to help track abducted children. In May 2007, members of the Kansas unit of the NSM traveled to Greensburg, Kansas, to help with tornado relief efforts. The group reportedly donated money to the Red Cross to aid victims of the tornado. The NSM has also been involved in highway clean-up and adopt-a-road programs.