Frustrated by a very public renovation of the party to make it more inviting for conservative Latinos, the anti-immigrant movement has engaged in an all out war on Republican leadership. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), both of … Continued
David Yerushalmi has emerged as the Kris Kobach of the Islamophobia movement, promoting anti-Sharia laws in state legislatures under the banner of “American Laws for American Courts.” His prominence as a legal activist and architect of discriminatory policy is a … Continued
In a move that will continue to run shivers up the spine of the anti-immigrant movement, the Sierra Club backed a path to citizenship for the country’s 11 million immigrants currently without status. “To protect clean air and water and prevent the … Continued
If the anti-immigrant movement succeeds in using the Boston marathon bombing to erode immigrant rights, it will be by capitalizing on people’s fear and ignorance. The right is perpetuating a myth that Tamerlan Tzarnaev, one of the suspected bombers who … Continued
Fox News and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) are peddling flimsy or downright false statistics in hopes of sabotaging immigration reform. CIS’s “five-hundred percent surge” doesn’t hold up to even a little scrutiny. “We’ve seen a 500 percent surge in the … Continued
A few weekends ago, I woke up to my cell phone buzzing, sliding off my pillow. I didn’t recognize the number and—being as unfortunately early as it was—I didn’t want to pick up, but I knew I had to. It … Continued
Follow us this morning on @Imagine2050 and @nativismwatch as we fact-check and comment on the Senate Judiciary Hearing on immigration reform. Yesterday and today are two of the most important days for the immigration debate this year: yesterday, the president … Continued
Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, had his own sick way of commemorating the day—by accusing undocumented immigrants of the “ethnic cleansing of blacks” through gang … Continued
On Friday, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) gave the anti-immigrant movement bad news: immigrant youth who have received deferred action cannot be discriminated against so easily. The announcement should embolden grassroots immigrant rights activists, who over the past … Continued
Youth Empowered in the Stru1ggle (YES) in Milwaukee is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. today, but they had to fight for it—today is an important day for them not just because of who they are celebrating, but also because of … Continued