Report Proves Anti-Immigrant Network Tied to Racist Extremism
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report today exhaustively exploring the links between FAIR, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA. Not just their relationships with one another, but their associations with racist extremists. The evidence is damning. These so-called “rational voices” on immigration are unequivocally founded in racist ideology. The more we learn, the more disturbing anti-immigrant associations become.
For years the real truth about these groups has been hovering near the surface of the public consciousness. All the while the founder of these groups, John Tanton, was steering them deeper into mainstream acceptance. It looks as if the charade is finally up. SPLC’s report states,
[FAIR] hired as key officials men who also joined white supremacist groups. It has board members who regularly write for hate publications. It promotes racist conspiracy theories about Latinos. And it has produced television programming featuring white nationalists.
An interactive website and video was launched by America’s Voice today as well. The video calls out Tanton, Dan Stein, Mark Krikorian, and Roy Beck as the leadership behind an extremist anti-immigrant network, calling them wolves in sheep’s clothing for passing themselves off as harmless advocacy organizations. Read more
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