Much has happened in immigration this year — which means much has happened with the anti-immigrant extremists opposing it. Nativists this year have railed at length about immigration in relation to scabies, ebola, terrorists, ISIS, ethnic cleansing, and so much more. Rounding it up for us is the Anti-Defamation...
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GENERAL LANGUAGE: Sarah Palin: “Stop Obama’s amnesty to illegal aliens. Support our military. Bottom line: we elected you to stop Obama’s “fundamental transformation of America.” Do it – especially you Republicans who promised to do it. Or face America’s wrath next go ’round because an elephant never forgets.” [Breitbart,...
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While most people were focused on what was happening inside the Capitol yesterday, here’s a quick recap of what was happening outside, in case you missed it. First, the anti-immigrant, anti-Obama extremist group Operation American Freedom (OAF) came to Washington, DC, where some 20 members (out of 221 who had RSVP’d on...
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Last month, eager conservative media reported about an upcoming gathering of sheriffs who were coming to Washington, DC on December 10 (yesterday) to speak out against President Obama’s executive action and call for more border security. “Sheriffs Plan Massive Gathering in Washington to Oppose Executive Amnesty,” read the headline at...
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Yesterday, the anti-immigrant, anti-Obama extremist group Operation American Freedom came to Washington, DC, where some 20 members (out of 221 who had RSVP’d on the Facebook page) protested in front of the White House and were not shy about their rhetoric. The group spent a lot of time attacking immigrants...
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Congressional Republicans clearly don’t care that the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a hate group or that its founder, John Tanton, is a white nationalist. Why else would they hold two immigration hearings today (one by the House Judiciary Committee and one in the Senate) and invite not one,...
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January 26, 2015 EDIT: Nevada and Tennessee are officially onboard, bringing the total number of plaintiff states to 26. December 22, 2014 EDIT: As of today, Texas and 24 other states have announced that they are suing President Obama over his recent immigration policy changes. They further made it clear that their...
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The last federal shutdown, in 2013, cost the nation an estimated $24 billion and tanked GOP poll numbers. But some Republicans are apparently hankering for another shutdown in response to President Obama’s executive action, which means they have an incentive to downplay the last one. Check out this recent clip of Rush...
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Republicans have been reacting in all sorts of extremist and ugly ways since President Obama announced his new executive action for immigrants. But one of the most extreme may be this interview published today by Right Wing Watch, featuring ALIPAC’s William Gheen discussing everything from immigrants to Christmas to...
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View the America’s Voice statement here. Below, check out what other organizations are saying: Sen. Harry Reid: Instead of voting on the Senate’s bipartisan bill to secure our border and fix our broken immigration system, House Republicans voted once again to deport DREAMers and their families. I will not...
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