John Tanton

Florida, Pretends It Is The Year 2000 As Our "Elian Gonzalez Equivalents" Get Deported

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Elian Gonzalez, Hispanic Latino 2012 Vote, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, DREAM Act, Romney Endorsed by Kris Kobach, Governor Rick Scott, Joaquin Luna, Immigration Is an Economic Issue Stupid, Jose Marti, Mario Diaz-Balart, John Tanton, Cuban-American Republicans Drive Wedge Against Mexican-Americans, Arizona Immigration Law, Latino Voices News
DeeDee Garcia Blase

Will the Hispanic Republicans in Florida continue to drive a wedge that goes against what most Latinos are in support of?

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Ten Years Later: Keeping The Spirit Of The American Revolution

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 11.11.2011

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DeeDee Garcia Blase

Have we allowed domestic and foreign terrorists to control our policies, and thus allowed them to create a deep-seated fear within us? And have these policies continued to chip away at our freedoms?

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New Obama Immigration Policy is Neither New, Nor a Solution to America's Immigration Fiasco

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Economy, Employment, Ron Paul, Obama, Immigrants, Democrats, Fair, Romney, Rick Perry, 2012, Green Cards, DREAM Act, Fernando Espuelas, Unemployment, Perry, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Espuelas, Tanton, Newt Gingrich, John Tanton, Tea Party, Dreamers, Patriotic Center, Republicans, Latino Voices News
Fernando Espuelas

Comprehensive immigration reform, enacted by Congress and signed into law by the President, is the only real path to end our national immigration nightmare.

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Greenwash: Nativists Cynically Working to Co-Opt Environmental Movement

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roy Beck, Immigration, John Tanton, Southern Poverty Law Center, Nativism, Environmental Movement, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Progressives for Immigration Reform, Green News
Mark Potok

Environmentalists need to be aware of so-called "progressives for immigration reform" and their true motives. These individuals and organizations do not see protecting the environment as their primary goal.

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The Far-Right Movement Behind Arizona Copycat Bills

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Legislators for Legal Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, John Tanton, Eugenics, Fair, Sb 1070, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

In a majority of the states where immigration legislation has been proposed or discussed, the lawmakers behind the bills are associated with a group called State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

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Razing Arizona: Given Its Authors, New Law Is No Surprise

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Southern Poverty Law Center, John Tanton, Arizona Immigration Law, Kris Kobach, Racial Profiling, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Arizona Immigration, Politics News
Mark Potok

Given the author of Arizona's new law to legalize racial profiling, no one should be surprised about its draconian nature - or its intended targets.

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DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

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Sam Stein

Sessions Called Incendiary On Immigration, Linked To White Nationalist: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigratio Debate, Immigration Reform, Sessions Immigration, Sessions Immigration White Naitonalist, Jeff Sessions, Sessions Tanton, John Tanton, Politics News

Since becoming the top ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions' record has been almost solely analyzed for tealeaves on ho...

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Racism at Root of Nativist Movement

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federaton for American Immigration Reform, Racism, Nativism, Southern Poverty Law Center, John Tanton, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Mark Potok

John Tanton, the architect of the movement and founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has a more than 30-year history of racial extremism.

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