With this year’s election results now mostly tallied, it’s time to take stock: how did the federal and state level politicians that represent the interests of the established anti-immigrant movement fare? For clarity’s sake, we define such representatives as politicians … 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
Susan Smith, founder of the Nebraska Advisory Group, who along with Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom are listed on the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s (FAIR) website as state-level affiliates to FAIR, announced on July 7 that she will be a … Continued
Over the past week, some of the Tanton Network’s core muscle is flexing behind Rep. Lou Barletta’s call for hearings/investigations into the “Obama Amnesty decree.” It all certainly seems to be a play by Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) … Continued
Michael Cutler, a former fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and retired INS agent — who is presently a Senior Writing Fellow for Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) –, often assumes the role of a moderate “progressive” when … Continued
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Arizona’s SB1070 law, gutting many provisions but allowing the most infamous provision, i.e. the one which essentially allows for racial profiling. SB1070 was signed into law in 2010, but the origins … Continued
Last month, activists in Kansas received the Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s calendar documenting his meetings and other engagements during his first year in office. As reported by Imagine2050 after it was released to the public, Kobach’s calendar was full … Continued
It’s no secret that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach spends a lot of his time not doing his job, and now the people of Kansas are doing something about it. In February, the coalition KanVote filed a Kansas Open … Continued
Kris Kobach has referred to his work making immigrants’ lives miserable as something he does in his “spare time.” What “spare time” exactly does Kobach plan on using to run his new political action committee, Prairie Fire PAC? In case … Continued
Hundreds gathered in the state of Kansas this month to hold Secretary of State Kris Kobach accountable for his anti-immigrant and pro-corporate bent, which is to say nothing of his general neglect for the people of the state he purportedly … Continued