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Is the Anti-Immigrant Movement Ramping up Its Islamophobia in 2011?

Dylan May, Imagine 2050. March 24, 2011.

With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster just around the corner, it could be that Tanton and friends are capitalizing on tragedy in order to push their hateful ideology.

Top 10 Ways the White Nationalist Tanton Network Got Busted in 2010

Stephen Piggott, Imagine 2050. December 31, 2010.

The president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform was caught red-handed by Maddow when she exposed the group’s ties to white nationalists.

Backer of Virulent Anti-Immigrant Groups Is Finally Unmasked In Mainstream Media

Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. December 8, 2010.

The award-winning journalist clarifies the fuzzy way these groups produce “data” on immigration, and then pass it on to their friends on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures.

Controversial Anti-Immigrant Network Invades the Nation’s Capitol

Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. September 14, 2009.

The mainstream media chose to ignore the racist connotations of Obama as nothing more than man in Black Face.

Anti-Immigrant Front Group Courts Progressives With Shoddy Polling Data

Andrea Nil, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. June 24, 2009.

The movement has long been trying to woo progressives by exploiting pro-labor and environmental arguments.

Anti-Immigration Hardliners Launch Fake "Progressive" Front Group

Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. April 1, 2009.

A fringe group is trying to give the illusion that the anti-immigrant movement is broader than it really is.

Leader of Anti-Immigration Movement Calls Issue a "Skirmish in a Wider War"

Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. September 4, 2008.

John Tanton speaks of an existential struggle for survival.

Anti-Immigration "Think Tank": Eliminating the Border Patrol Will Halt Illegal Entries

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2008.

OK, their argument was slightly less idiotic.