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
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“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
HIRC Chairman Softening Position on Immigration
In an interview earlier this week, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) admitted that he had adjusted his stance on immigration – “I’ve changed,” he said. There is a reason why the Texas representative’s change of heart is notable: he is the … Continued
Cross-Post: Duke removes four anti-immigration groups from Fred Stanback Internship Program
By Lisa Sorg More than a mile high at its peak, Grandfather Mountain presents one of the most breathtaking vistas east of the Mississippi. Known worldwide for its ecological diversity, it is the centerpiece of the state’s park system and a destination … Continued
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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
CPAC 2013: NumbersUSA to Appear on Panel with Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney
Next time NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks, the anti-immigrant group’s Director of Government Relations, comes a-calling to offices on The Hill, asking staffers to indulge the group’s research on immigration policy, the elected representatives and those staffers who find her at their … 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
With New Attack Ads, NumbersUSA Willingly Misleads America’s Veterans with Anti-Immigrant Scapegoating
There is much to quarrel with concerning the recent ads that NumbersUSA has deployed, to the sum of $150,000, in order to attack Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in his home state of South Carolina. NumbersUSA has the right to quarrel … 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