ADL Report: “Immigrants Targeted: Extremist Rhetoric Moves into the Mainstream”

The Anti-Defamation League’s new online report ” Immigrants Targeted: Extremist Rhetoric Moves into the Mainstream” documents the rhetoric employed by groups that routinely position themselves as legitimate, mainstream advocates against undocumented immigration in America. A closer look at the public record reveals that many ostensibly mainstream anti-illegal immigration organizations – including those who testified before Congress or frequently appeared on news programs – promote virulent anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Some groups have fostered links with extremist groups. The groups highlighted in the ADL report include Mothers Against Illegal Aliens (Phoenix, AZ), the Federation for American Immigration Reform (Washington, DC), Choose Black America, You Don’t Speak for Me, Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (Raleigh, NC), Grass Fire (Maxwell, IA) and The Dustin Inman Society (Marietta, GA).

For a link to the ADL press release about the report, and a link to it, click here.

KJ