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At CPAC, in Congress and in Florida, “GOP is ever-more comfortable with a brand of anti-immigrant politics that is extreme, dangerous, and out of step with the American public” – Zachary Mueller Washington, DC – As a series of events and remarks this week underscore, today’s Republican Party and... Continue »

Washington, DC – During testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland noted: “Racially-motivated violent extremists as a group are the most dangerous of the domestic violent extremist groups … and within that the white supremacists are the most dangerous and most lethal” (see a... Continue »

The House Homeland Security Committee held its first hearing supposedly about addressing the challenges at the border on February 28.  But, this was actually the fifth such GOP committee hearing in as many weeks on this subject. Like the prior four hearings, the Republican majority was there for political... Continue »

America’s Voice backgrounder: “Despite Lamb’s dangerous extremism, or maybe because of it, Republicans have continued to elevate him” Washington, DC – Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, AZ is one of the Republican witnesses at this morning’s House Homeland Security committee hearing – once again signaling Republicans’ comfort with... Continue »

Sporting a large tan cowboy hat, a bulletproof vest with the words “SHERIFF” blazoned across his chest, and an assault weapon, Mark Lamb likes to dress up for the cameras. First elected Pinal County Sheriff in 2017, Lamb has turned himself into a far-right celebrity who is frequently dawning... Continue »

Dana Milbank: “It’s time for House Republicans to stop smuggling backpacks full of white-nationalist propaganda into their hearings.” Washington, DC – Tomorrow’s scheduled House Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the fifth House GOP committee border-related hearing in five weeks, not even including Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s photo op presser... Continue »

English AsAm News Fears growing about impact of xenophobic rhetoric in Congress February 24, 2023 NBC News Immigration rights advocates are attacking a new Biden policy. Jim Jordan is not. By Julia Ainsley and Ali Vitali February 24, 2023 Los Angeles Times Asylum seekers face decision to split up... Continue »

On February 23, an all-Republican delegation of the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, the fourth hearing in four weeks ostensibly about the border. And in all four hearings, they have amplified white nationalist conspiracy theories and failed to offer a substantive policy discussion on... Continue »

Read new America’s Voice backgrounder HERE Washington, DC – Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to convene a series of congressional hearings and photo ops at the border that amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Ahead of the latest iteration – today’s... Continue »

Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to call congressional hearings ostensibly about the border that they have instead used to amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Several of the witnesses Republicans have already invited to testify at these hearings have described migrants... Continue »