POLICIES
- E-Verify
The pillar of the Republicans' mass deportation strategy is E-Verify, an internet-based employment system. However, the highly flawed system would actually kill jobs, vilify immigrants, and cost businesses millions.
- 14th AMENDMENT
The 14th Amendment upholds the basic citizenship and civil rights of Americans. At the heart of this amendment is birthright citizenship - the granting of citizenship to those born in the United States or to children born to American citizens overseas. Some groups are now attempting to overturn this law in an effort to curb immigration.
- SECURE COMMUNITIES
Originally sold as a community pact to reduce the number of undocumented criminals, Secure Communities has turned out to deliver a completely different bill of goods. Instead, ICE officials have targeted immigrant communities across the country.
POLITICIANS
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PROFILE ON LAMAR SMITH
Over the past two decades, Smith has been a major player in the anti-immigration conversation in the US. However, his bills aren't popular with anyone... not even Republicans.
LAMAR SMITH
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PROFILE ON ELTON GALLEGLY
One of the quieter anti-immigrant legislators, Gallegly has rallied against immigrants without garnering the media attention of Smith, Sessions, and King. He was one of the original proponents of changing the 14th Amendment and has continually reintroduced the bill for two decades.
ELTON GALLEGLY
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PROFILE ON JEFF SESSIONS
Jeff Sessions leads the anti-immigrant rhetoric in the senate. He was one of the chief instigators who continually attacked the DREAM Act in 2010 and eventually saw to its demise.
JEFF SESSIONS
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PROFILE ON STEVE KING
Smear attacks and enforcement-only tactics are two of King's major anti-immigrant strategies. He's a proponent of ending birthright citizenship, a civil right guaranteed to individuals under the 14th Amendment in an effort to end 'birth tourism.'
STEVE KING
R-IOWA
ORGANIZATIONS
A Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group, FAIR claims to be an organization However, founder John Tanton is repeatedly on the record as saying he wants "America [to] remain a majority- white population."
A low-population nativist group, NumbersUSA advocates for the reduction of annual immigration rates to pre-1965 levels. The organization and its leader, Roy Beck, advocates for harsh enforcement-only policies, such as E-Verify, to reform our immigration system."