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
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
William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) listed Representative Lou Barletta as being a potential supporter of “amnesty.” Will state and federal officials finally stop listening to Gheen? Barletta is on the national Board of Advisors for the … Continued
In 2010 Florida voters rejected Amendment 4, the Florida Comprehensive Land Use Plans Amendment. Ostensibly designed to give local voters more control over land use planning, the amendment was funded in part by Floridians for a Sustainable Population (FSP), an … Continued
Matthew Guerra, 33, was the Republican candidate in Rhode Island’s House District 46 until he was defeated by the Democratic candidate, Jeremiah O’Grady, for the second time in two years. In a “Meet the Candidates” piece in The Valley Breeze, … Continued
For the organized anti-immigrant movement, the last weekend of September proved pivotal. A group of organizations pooled their efforts to boost turnout at three major events that brought together white nationalist and anti-immigrant leaders. It’s no coincidence that the Federation … Continued
“Farmers Branch is small locale in the grand scheme of things but its role looms quite large. A victory for Farmers Branch means other cities will follow with similar ordinances.” That’s Roy Beck of NumbersUSA confirming what we’ve known for … Continued
“The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE share your concerns that such policies undermine public safety and hinder ICE’s ability to enforce the nation’s immigration laws.” Disturbing validation for controversial anti-immigrant group Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—even … Continued
Nearly 12 years ago, a quote-unquote hippie who fled America to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War was named general counsel of, read “head of,” the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI). Near the beginning of this August, though, and … Continued
Anti-immigrant groups are working furiously to spin the outcome of Monday’s ruling on state immigration laws into a victory. The affected laws include Alabama’s HB 56 and Georgia’s HB 87 – racist laws that nativist groups like FAIR and its … Continued