GOP immigration meeting featured radical right groups with white supremacist ties

Republican legislators Monday hosted an informational meeting to discuss immigration in Colorado, but the Colorado Independent has learned two of the presenters invited to speak were from organizations founded by white supremacist John Tanton. One of those organizations, The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has been named a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

Homeland Security hearing lays out immigration battle ahead

A House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday morning highlighted the sharp divide in Congress over illegal immigration and what should be done about it, presaging the difficult fight ahead when Congress eventually begins to tackle proposals for comprehensive immigration reform.

Are immigrants stealing U.S. jobs?

That’s the explosive question at the heart of the latest study released by the Center for Immigration Studies, a research group that advocates tight restrictions on immigration. Although the report somewhat debunks the myth that Americans won’t do the sort…

Lies, Damn Lies and Immigration Statistics

The latest immigration reform bill winding its way through Congress has sent the media into a tizzy again. Talking heads spout “nonpartisan” data and sadly uninformed journalists gobble up these so-called facts as established truths.

Short of having a…