On April 9, G. Russel “Rusty” Childress, head of the nativist group Remember 1986 (R86), took to his group’s Facebook page to vent: “We cannot afford to become a Country of Entitlement by, [sic] and for the outlaws: The Illegal … Continued
FAIR
Flocking Together: Jason Richwine & the Legacy of the Pioneer Fund’s “Race Realism”
In the fall of 1990, Jared Taylor wrote to John Tanton, father of the established anti-immigrant movement, in search of advice regarding the launch of the New Century Foundation (NCF)–a group that, under his own leadership, Talyor hoped would eventually … Continued
Immigration
Anti-Immigrant Movement Works to Shoot Down Rising Stars of the Republican Party
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
FAIR Honors President of Anti-Immigrant Organization it Helped Fund
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has honored Ron Woodard, President of NC Listen, with its ‘”We The People’ Leadership Award.” Woodard was presented with the award at a banquet during FAIR’s annual radio and lobbying event, Hold Their … Continued
“New” Black Anti-Immigrant Group Emerges to Challenge Congressional Black Caucus
The African American Leadership Council (AALC), the latest front group to emerge from the John Tanton network of anti-immigrant efforts, held a press conference Wednesday morning to add their voice of opposition to the recently revealed immigration reform bill. The … Continued
John Morton Resigns to Open Gourmet Snail Farm
Late last night, John Morton, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sent a heartfelt missive to his agents and dozens of congressional staff preceding his official resignation today. In hopes of offering the public a rare opportunity to look … Continued
Cross-Post: “Connecting the Anti-Immigrant Movement to Coercive Sterilization”
Women of color, especially immigrant women and their bodies have long been a battleground by racist anti-immigrant forces. They have been used as guinea pigs for medical experiments and deemed criminal for daring to migrate with their children, unborn and … Continued
Report Details FAIR, Other Groups’ Connections to Sterilization Drug
The Center for New Community, a national civil rights and racial justice organization, recently released The Quinacrine Report: Sterilization, Modern-Day Eugenics, and the Anti-Immigrant Movement. The well-researched document details the connections of top anti-immigrant leaders to the development and funding … Continued
Paper Trail: Countering the Center for Immigration Studies’s Lies of Omission
In March 2004, Mark Krikorian wrote the following about his organization, the Center for Immigration Studies, in a piece published on the paleo-Conservative website National Review Online (NRO): “CIS is not now, nor has it ever been, a recipient of money … Continued
Word Choice: How FAIR Helped Transform “Population Control” into “Immigration Restriction”
In December of 1995, according to the Bergen Record, Donald Mann opened an office in Washington, DC for his population control organization, Negative Population Growth (NPG). Tasked with running the office was someone named Sharon Stein, “a veteran Washington consultant … Continued