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National Groups

U.S. Rep. Steve King, who has a history of , has a on his called, 鈥� .鈥� As first reported by , the Iowa congressman鈥檚 website cites a VDARE* article by anti-immigrant writer Brenda Walker which says, 鈥淔unny how after all these years of Americans being run down by drunk driving illegal aliens, the crime of inebriated vehicle operation by unlawful foreigners is still not taken seriously.鈥� VDARE, named after Virginia Dare, allegedly the first English child born in the New World, is an anti-immigration hate site that regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and antisemites.

On June 22, President Trump 聽with family members of people killed by undocumented immigrants, a group he calls 鈥渁ngel families.鈥� Among the attendees were members from Advocates for Victims of Illegal Aliens (AVIAC), a splinter group from the anti-immigrant hate group run by Maria Espinoza, the Remembrance Project.* At the event, many families thanked the Remembrance Project, AVIAC, and Jon Feere, a former Legal Policy Analyst at Center for Immigration Studies聽(CIS)* who works as an 聽to the acting director of ICE. One woman, Maryann Mendoza, , 鈥渢he members of AVIAC are here to educate the public as to what鈥檚 happening. And if anybody has been a victim of illegal alien crime, contact us because we have close connections with Barbara Gonzales at ICE and Jon Feere. We have connections at the Department of Homeland Security that we are trying to get people the help that they need鈥︹�� Mendoza underscored an important point 鈥� many of these anti-immigrant groups have infiltrated this administration and continue to influence policy. She also referred audience members to Illegal Alien Crime Report, a site that regularly shares racist material on Facebook, promulgates the , and John Tanton鈥檚 the Social Contract Press*. Tanton is a white nationalist and racist architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement.

ProEnglish* held a Congressional briefing at the end of June that Rep. Steve King. King, who originally authored HR 997, the English Unity Act, which designates English as the official language of governmental operations, discussed the bill at length. ProEnglish, an anti-immigrant hate group founded by white nationalist Tanton, has visited the White House times this year to discuss聽鈥渁 variety of official English legislation issues.鈥�

ProEnglish executive director Stephen Guschov and Dan Carter, the director of government relations, also spoke at the briefing. In an email to supporters, Guschov wrote, "Rep. King spent several minutes speaking about official English legislation in a meeting room filled with Legislative Directors, Legislative Assistants, and other Congressional aides and staff members." The week before the hearing, the anti-immigrant organization secured its of the English Language Unity Act, Rep. Lynn Jenkins.

Legislation

Anti-immigrant groups coalesced to oppose Paul Ryan鈥檚 鈥� ,鈥� the week of June 11. Americans for Legal Immigration PAC听(础尝滨笔础颁)*, it would warn GOP lawmakers that, 鈥淎ny amnesty will destroy America鈥檚 borders permanently,鈥� and organized calls to Republicans.

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)* published a blog entitled 鈥� ,鈥� which claimed, 鈥渋f the bill were enacted it would be the largest amnesty in more than 30 years, despite President Trump鈥檚 campaign promise of 鈥榥o amnesty鈥� and after multiple GOP congressional leaders expressed opposition to amnesty for any illegal aliens.鈥�

Federation for American Immigration Reform聽(FAIR)* also took a stance against Rep. Bob Goodlatte鈥檚 bill, , the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, on June 20. 鈥淪peaker Paul Ryan and his allies have proposed nothing short of an antiquated retread of past amnesties...BSIRA audaciously grants amnesty to 1.8 million illegal aliens鈥︹�� Dan Stein, executive director of FAIR*,聽.

On June 11, the Immigration Reform Law Institute聽(IRLI)* filed an 聽in support of the Trump Administration鈥檚 appeal of the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 decision on . The ruling says a 聽if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), does not take an individual into immigration custody immediately after they are released. IRLI condemned the decision, saying it 鈥� .鈥�

On June 12, Attorney General Jeff Sessions 聽a decision that allowed asylum based on claims of domestic and gang violence. Sessions reversed a decision in which a woman from El Salvador was granted asylum on the basis of a 鈥減articular social group鈥� as women in El Salvador are 鈥� ,鈥� according to the New York Times. Sessions said the Obama administration created 鈥� 鈥� for people to come here by claiming a fear of return. IRLI , 鈥淚n finding that victims of domestic violence were not a 鈥減articular social group鈥� for asylum purposes, the Attorney General agreed with a brief IRLI had filed in the case.鈥� The 聽reported individuals seeking asylum based on gang violence have rarely been granted entry and the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended at the border was the lowest last year since 1971.

On June 14, IRLI filed a in support of the Department of Commerce鈥檚 聽in the 2020 census. 鈥淐ounting illegal aliens in the census only gives sanctuary jurisdictions a windfall of federal dollars and enhanced representation in Washington, and also a perverse incentive to ramp up their sanctuary policies to get and keep as many illegal aliens in their jurisdictions as possible,鈥� executive director Dale Wilcox said. Other anti-immigrant groups including CIS and FAIR have supported this addition. Ira Mehlman, Media Director at FAIR, authored an op-ed in the Hill, 鈥�.鈥�

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders 聽in March 2018, 鈥淭his is a question that鈥檚 been included in every census since 1965 with the exception of 2010, when it was removed." In fact, the last time the 聽was 1950. Data collected from the census serves as the basis of funding and representatives allocated to each district and state. 聽and other demographers have warned including a question on citizenship will deter many from responding.

Dan Stein, executive director FAIR, went on Fox Business on to say that Trump鈥檚 family separation policy is actually in the interest of children. 鈥淭he whole point of this...some point of this is deterrents.鈥� Stein鈥檚 language and stance are aligned with the anti-immigrant movement鈥檚 longtime campaign for attrition through enforcement.

Anti-immigrant groups were especially unhappy with Trump鈥檚 special executive order 鈥� .鈥� The executive order, signed on June 20, only slightly changes the Trump administration鈥檚 approach to immigration. The order states the administration鈥檚 policy is to now keep families together in detention, and instructs to 鈥溾�� for these families.

On June 22, Mark Krikorian, head of CIS*, wrote an 聽in the Hill saying, 鈥淭reating children as a get-out-of-jail-free card for illegal border-crossers may have been defensible when it applied to only a handful of people, but it has caused the problem to mushroom. Releasing anyone who brings his or her child into the U.S. has incentivized the smuggling of children and enabled an increasingly large share of new illegal aliens to get past the border and embed themselves in our society.鈥� Krikorian has also been advocating for the end of the , a 1997 decision in 聽which placed limits on how and for how long the government could detain children.

In Their Own Words

• On June 12, Amapola Hansberger, President of Legal Immigrants for America聽(LIFA)*, wrote a to Congress that read, 鈥淐ould it be that we recognize that those who come illegally flying their flags are not coming to adapt and become Americans but to turn America into another country like theirs? In California we鈥檝e seen illegal aliens asking the whites to go back to Europe, saying: 鈥楾his is Mexico now.鈥欌��
• On June 13, Frosty Woolridge wrote an article in Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform* titled 鈥� 鈥� 鈥淭he fact remains, Muslims in America continue for one purpose: install Sharia Law in one community after another ...Why do we allow our 535 nitwits to import Muslim killers via immigration? Answer: they enjoy total protection from Muslim violence! Who will be the next Americans to be killed by Muslim immigrants? You, me or any other average Americans going about our daily business. We鈥檙e the ones dying at the Boston Marathon, Orlando nightclub, San Bernardino Christmas party, Fort Lauderdale residents, Ohio State University stabbings, St. Cloud Mall, Garland, Texas, Moore, Oklahoma and the next could be you!鈥� he wrote. Woolridge has a history of anti-Muslim vitriol, has worked as a senior writing fellow for Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS)*, and an advisory board member for FAIR.
• On June 17, Mark Krikorian, executive director of CIS, said in an interview with Fox and Friends on migrant centers, 鈥淣obody's detained from leaving. They can just leave. Sometimes they do.鈥� He also said, 鈥淔or a lot of the folks from rural El Salvador [or] Honduras, it's a ".鈥�