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Sessions, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1997, has for years been the key bridge between the anti-immigrant movement and Congress. His efforts to combat comprehensive immigration reform legislation have won him plaudits across the nativist landscape.

Sessions has relied on material from the movement to help stymie reform, and anti-immigrant groups have had a reliable 鈥� and powerful 鈥� ally in Sessions, who chairs the immigration subcommittee within the Senate Judiciary Committee. John Tanton, founder of the modern-day nativist movement, highlighted the need for such a congressional champion as a key goal in strategy memos he drafted in the 1980s. 鈥淭hink how much different our prospects would be if someone espousing our ideas had the chairmanship!鈥� Tanton wrote.

Sessions has a close relationship with the 鈥渂ig three鈥� anti-immigrant groups.

He regularly attends events hosted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which has been named as a hate group by the 澳彩开奖 since 2007. FAIR was founded by Tanton, a white nationalist who in 1993 wrote, 鈥淚鈥檝e come to the point of view that for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear one at that.鈥� For decades, FAIR has had one mission: to severely limit immigration into the United States. Its leaders have longstanding ties to white supremacist groups and eugenicists and have made many racist statements. Its advertisements have been rejected because of racist content. Dan Stein, FAIR鈥檚 current president, told Tanton in 1994 that those who supported the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which abolished the racist national origins quotas that favored immigrants of European descent, wanted to 鈥渞etaliate against Anglo-Saxon dominance鈥� and that this 鈥渞evengism鈥� against whites had created a policy that is causing 鈥渃haos and will continue to create chaos.鈥�

Sessions FAIR鈥檚 annual 鈥淗old Their Feet to the Fire鈥� , which brings together anti-immigrant activists, right-wing radio hosts and elected officials who sound off about immigration on talk radio. In 2007, he was the keynote at FAIR鈥檚 advisory board meeting.

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), also a Tanton-founded group, serves as the anti-immigrant movement鈥檚 think tank. It has to immigrants as 鈥淭hird-World gold-diggers.鈥� After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, CIS head Mark Krikorian , 鈥淢y guess is that Haiti鈥檚 so screwed up because it wasn鈥檛 colonized long enough.鈥� In a 2014 speech where he decried 鈥淥bama-style immigration reform,鈥� CIS staffer Stephen Steinlight said that impeachment for President Obama was not enough. 鈥淚 would think being hung, drawn, and quartered is probably too good for him,鈥� he said.

During the last push for comprehensive immigration reform, Janice Kephart left her position at CIS to serve as special counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. During debates on the 鈥淕ang of Eight鈥� bill, she could be seen into Sessions鈥� ear.

Sessions, who has endorsed the work of CIS, in a panel discussion event organized by the group in 2006, and in 2013, he on a CIS teleconference. Earlier this year, he at a reception for guests invited to a CIS conference.

NumbersUSA is an organization that serves as the grassroots mobilizer for the anti-immigrant movement. Its founder, Roy Beck, has spoken twice to the white nationalist Council of Conservative Citizens, the group whose online propaganda provided a gateway into white nationalism for accused Charleston shooter Dylann Roof. 聽In 2012, Sessions a 鈥渃ongratulations鈥� to NumbersUSA to mark its 15^th anniversary.

Sessions is also an ally of anti-Muslim organizations which have showered him with accolades. In 2014, the senator the 鈥淒aring the Odds: The Annie Taylor Award鈥� from the David Horowitz Freedom Center, run by anti-Muslim extremist David Horowitz. In one speech, Horowitz , 鈥淲hy are all the major Muslim organizations in America connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and why are 80 percent of the mosques filled with hate against Jews and Americans?鈥� In his acceptance speech, Sessions said, 鈥淚鈥檝e seen some great people receive this.鈥� Past recipients include , one of the most rabidly anti-Muslim activists in America today. Sessions also thanked Horowitz and spoke of how much he 鈥渁dmired鈥� him. The ceremony took place at one of Horowitz鈥檚 鈥淩estoration Weekend鈥� events. Sessions also these events in and 2003.

In 2015, Sessions the 鈥淜eeper of the Flame鈥� award from the anti-Muslim hate group Center for Security Policy (CSP) run by Frank Gaffney. Frank Gaffney has a long history of demonizing Muslims and promoting wild conspiracy theories. He has claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the U.S. government, called for the reestablishment of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and claimed that Huma Abedin was part of a 鈥淢uslim Brotherhood conspiracy,鈥� a charge that was condemned by Sen. John McCain and then House speaker John Boehner. CSP a report last year calling for a ban on Muslim immigration. A CSP vice president, Clare Lopez, said during a speech in 2013, 鈥淲hen people in other bona fide religions follow their doctrines they become better people 鈥� Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Jews. When Muslims follow their doctrine, they become jihadists.鈥�

It鈥檚 not hard to see why leaders of the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements are so pleased with Trump鈥檚 appointment of Sessions as attorney general. Their champion has moved from the Senate to the doorstep of the Attorney General鈥檚 Office.聽