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Once Again, FAIR Reveals Its Black Heart of Hate

Mark Potok — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:29:22 +0000

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has never been a pleasant organization. Its top leaders have warned shrilly of a “Latin onslaught,” defended a racist 1924 quota system, insisted that America needs a “European-American majority,” and fretted that Latinos are “outbreeding” white people. Its founder has sought ways to sterilize unmarried mothers, corresponded with [...]

Nativists Lambast Family of Undocumented Suicide Victim

Leah Nelson — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:45:06 +0000

No one knows for sure what was going through the head of 18-year-old Joaquin Luna Jr. when he committed suicide last month. His family told reporters they suspect he was motivated by despair over the limitations posed by his status as an undocumented immigrant. His suicide note (which the family had not yet seen when [...]

FBI Reports Dramatic Spike in Anti-Muslim Hate Violence

Mark Potok — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:00:32 +0000

Anti-Muslim hate crimes soared by an astounding 50% last year, skyrocketing over 2009 levels in a year marked by the vicious rhetoric of Islam-bashing politicians and activists, especially over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” in New York City.
Although the national statistics compiled by the FBI each year are known to dramatically understate the real level [...]

Newspaper Publication of Anti-Latino Comments Stirs Controversy

Robert Steinback — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:20:52 +0000

Never let it be said that the words of a simple “man on the street” can’t have far-reaching consequences in the modern world.
The Hazleton, Pa., Standard-Speaker newspaper is still coping with the fallout of an interview it published Aug. 15 in a regular print-edition-only feature called “Know Your Neighbor,” in which a local individual is [...]

AFA Blogger: Undocumented Immigrants Like Prison Escapees

Robert Steinback — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:47:14 +0000

American Family Association (AFA) blogger Elijah Friedeman thinks Alabama’s new, draconian law targeting undocumented immigrants and anyone who would assist them or knowingly fail to turn them in, is wonderful.
What puzzles him, according to his essay posted Friday on AFA’s Rightly Concerned website, is that many Christian church leaders, even conservative ones, oppose the law [...]