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Nativism Watch

Breibart News Network Hosts “Uninvited” CPAC Panel

Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller and Frank Gaffney have long argued that the Obama administration and the “liberal media” have sold out to the Muslim Brotherhood. Saturday, all three redoubled their allegations that conservative leaders are guilty of the same. The … Continued

Secure Communities: A Key Component of “Attrition Through Enforcement”

By mid-2011, the Obama Administration deported more people than Dwight D. Eisenhower under “Operation Wetback.” The Secure Communities (S-Comm) program is one of the administrative work horses making that dubious distinction possible. Grassroots activists, however, are fighting the program head … Continued

#FAIL: Steven A. Camarota and the False Prophecies of a CIS Islamophobe

by Jerry Higgins This week sees two anniversaries. The first was on September 11th when, ten years after the horrific attacks, those who died were remembered and mourned. Unfortunately, some chose to abuse the memory of those killed by pushing … Continued

Politics

State and Federal Confrontation over what is a “Secure Community”

Obama needs to dismantle the Security Communities strategy, and peruse policies for true immigration reform. Secure Communities is a program created under the Bush administration and extended under Obama to toughen immigration policy. A collaboration between Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Continued

International

Haitian immigrants targeted by the anti-immigrant movement

A year ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the island of Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing more than 230,000 people. Today, roughly a million remain homeless amid the debris and stuttering reconstruction efforts in Port-au-Prince. Last year’s earthquake was … Continued

Politics

ICEing the White House

Let’s face it. With the expansion of the 287(g) program, the new employer audit initiative, the growth of the Border Patrol, and the relentless, unconscionable construction of the border fence, the Obama Administration has completely succumbed to the ICE (and … Continued

Blog Highlight: Edwards Campaign Aides had “Nuclear Option”

I enjoyed Nicole Belle’s Sunday post on the ‘nuclear option’ for Edwards’ campaign aides. Apparently when affair rumors became increasingly likely, his aides formulated a plan to pull the plug on Edwards if it looked like he would win the … Continued

Politics

Torture Discourse Impacts National Character

Like a lot of people I’m worn out by the non-stop coverage of torture. After all who wants to hear more about Bush, Cheney and Abu Ghraib? Americans already divorced themselves from the horrification of war; our romanticized notion of … Continued

Tea Party Update

Gordonskene reports on the Santa Monica Tea Party where he ran into members of the John Birch Society: Seems the JBS is alive and well and kicking up all sort of under-the-radar dust. This time it’s not communism but EU … Continued

Politics

President Obama and Janet Napolitano Need to Stop Raids

The first workplace raid of the Obama Administration’s Presidency occurred on Tuesday in Bellingham, Washington. 28 workers were detained when ICE agents in full riot gear stormed Yamato Engine Specialists manufacturing plant with buckets of handcuffs and ankle shackles. The … Continued