With top-level officials in the Republican Party giving strong signals of an about-face on immigration reform, could the FAIR-backed Immigration Reform Caucus drag the party back toward the nativists? Just days after an election in which the Latino vote played … Continued
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
Over the past two days, we’ve published three other pieces exploring the controversial histories of the 3 men behind Americans for Sheriff Joe (AfSJ), an independent expenditure committee that in its first quarter of existence has raised $1 million for … Continued
Over the past two days, we’ve published three other pieces (links below) exploring the controversial histories of the 3 men behind Americans for Sheriff Joe (AfSJ), an independent expenditure committee that in its first quarter of existence has raised $1 … Continued
Yesterday, June 24, we posted part 1 of our 4-part look at Americans for Sheriff Joe (AfSJ), which focused on John Philip Sousa IV, chairman of AfSJ. Today, in Part 2, we’ll focus on the men who coordinate the over-1-million … Continued
“Good morning, Boston!” boomed John Philip Sousa IV to a Tea Party Express gathering on April 14, 2010. “I can’t tell you how proud and honored I am to be here with you today, the day before the federal and … 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
On Oct. 2, The Social Contract Press held its 35th Writers’ Workshop, a gathering for bigots to hone their networking and communications skills amid the cacophonous prattling of anti-immigrant and white nationalist panel discussions. Founded in 1990, The Social Contract … Continued
The anti-immigrant movement has never been noted for its compassion, but now it can’t even treat itself nicely. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the organized nativist movement has been dividing its own house over the proposed
In recent weeks Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) new E-Verify bill has shot a schism through the supposedly “unified” anti-immigrant movement. The anti-immigrant movement is openly split on the bill, with Kris Kobach, author of SB1070 and counsel for the Immigration Reform … Continued