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The '''Federation for American Immigration Reform''' (FAIR) "is an anti-immigration group that has been branded a national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC).<ref name="SPLC"/> FAIR calls itself an "organization of concerned citizens who share a common belief that our nation's immigration policies must be reformed to serve the national interest." <ref>Federation for American Immigration Reform, [http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_aboutmain About], Federation for American Immigration Reformorganizational website, accessed September 14, 2008.</ref> See It was formed in 1979 by population control advocate and nativist [[John Tanton]], who believes that immigration is a significant part of the US population "problem," and is part of the anti-immigrant [[John Tanton Network]].<ref>Institute for Policy Studies, [http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1467Federation_for_American_Immigration_Reform "FAIR Profile"], ''RightWeb'' organizational website, accessed 2008.</ref><ref name="NYT">Jason DeParle, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17immig.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "The Anti-Immigration Crusader"], ''New York Times'', April 17, 2011.</ref> In 2011, FAIR reported $6,202,879 in total revenue, $6,130,583 in total expenses, and $10,142,838 in net assets.<ref>Federation for American Immigration Reform, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/521/136/2011-521136126-08b46959-9.pdf 2011 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, August 14, 2012.</ref> ==Role in Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law== FAIR played a significant role in drafting Arizona's controversial SB1070 anti-immigrant law, which has been successfully challenged by the US [[Department of Justice]].<ref>Andrew Cohen, [http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/razing-arizona-supreme-court-sides-with-feds-on-immigration/258932/ "Razing Arizona: Supreme Court Sides With Feds on Immigration"], ''The Atlantic'', June 25, 2012.</ref><ref>Andrea Nill Sanchez, [http://thinkprogress.org/security/2010/04/22/176018/immigration-reform-law-institute/?mobile=nc "The Group Behind The Harshest Immigration Bill In America"], ''Think Progress'', April 22, 2010.</ref> According to the FAIR website, "FAIR's legal affiliate, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI)[,] assisted [Arizona] Senator [[Russell Pearce|Pearce]] in drafting the language of SB1070."<ref>Federation for Immigration Reform, [http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22725&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1741 "If Washington Won't, Arizona Will"], organizational press release, April 14, 2010, accessed September 2, 2010.</ref> ==Designation as a Hate Group== In 2007, the SPLC branded FAIR a hate group, stating that: "The founder, chief ideologue and long-time funder of FAIR [ [[John Tanton]] ] is a racist. Key staff members have ties to white supremacist groups, some are members, and some have spoken at hate group functions. FAIR has accepted more than $1 million from a racist foundation devoted to studies of race and IQ, and to eugenics -- the pseudo-science of breeding a better human race that was utterly discredited by the Nazi euthanasia program. It spreads racist conspiracy theories."<ref name="SPLC">Southern Poverty Law Center, "[http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/12/11/fair-crossing-the-rubicon-of-hate/ FAIR Crossing the Rubicon of Hate]," organizational "Hatewatch" profile, December 11, 2007, accessed September 2, 2010.</ref> ==Lobbying Against the 2013 Immigration Reform Bill== In 2013, FAIR has played a major role in fighting the immigration reform bill, part of a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/immigration-reform-framework_n_2566494.html RightWeb Profile/ proposal] introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in January.<ref name="PRwatch Immigration Article">Katie Lorenze, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12128/scaife-funded-network-works-hard-kill-immigration-reform Scaife-Funded Network Works Hard to Kill Immigration Reform]," ''PRWatch.org'', May 31, 2013.</ref> FAIR has received nearly $15 million in donations from the [[Scaife Foundations|Colcom Foundation]], started by Cordelia Scaife May, a close friend of [[John Tanton]] and sister to [[Richard Scaife]] of the right-wing [[Scaife Foundations]].<ref name="PRwatch Immigration Article"/> FAIR has provided [http://www.fairus.org/publications/immigration-fueling-u-s-income-inequality "studies"] linking immigration reform to income inequality and crime, and its president, [[Dan Stein]], published an op-ed in ''Politico'' in opposition to the immigration bill.<ref name="PRwatch Immigration Article"/> However, the evidence Stein cited to support the idea that immigration reform is harmful to the United States was called "[http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/11/fair-presidents-anti-immigration-reform-op-ed-g/193590/ wildly misleading, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong]" by [[Media Matters for America]].<ref>Simon Maloy, [http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/11/fair-presidents-anti-immigration-reform-op-ed-g/193590/ FAIR President's Anti-Immigration Reform Op-Ed Gets Almost Everything Wrong], ''Media Matters for America'' organizational article, April 11, 2013.</ref>

 In 2011, FAIR reported $6,202,879 in total revenue, $6,130,583 in total expenses, and $10,142,838 in net assets.<ref>Federation for American Immigration Reform, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/521/136/2011-521136126-08b46959-9.pdf 2011 Form 990], organizational annual IRS filing, August 14, 2012.</ref> Funders (from 1986-2007 ) included:<ref>{{cite web

|accessdate=2010-01-28|quote=Carthage Foundation $1,954,500F.M. Kirby Foundation $645,000John M. Olin Foundation $30,000Sarah Scaife Foundation $1,075,000Scaife Family Foundation $175,000Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation $25,000Smith Richardson Foundation $65,000William H. Donner Foundation $60,000}}</ref> *[[Carthage Foundation]] : $1,954,500*[[F.M. Kirby Foundation]] : $645,000*[[John M. Olin Foundation]] : $30,000*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] : $1,075,000*[[Scaife Family Foundation]] : $175,000*[[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation]] : $25,000*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]] : $65,000*[[William H. Donner Foundation]] : $60,000 ==Front Groups==

==Front groups==Groups that FAIR has created or funded include [["You Don't Speak for Me!"]], [[Choose Black America]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Los Angeles Times |title=Activist gaining little ground among blacks |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/31/local/me-hayes31 |accessdate=2010-01-15 |author=Teresa Watanabe |date=2007-12-31 |quote=Since last year, the 56-year-old lean and lanky activist has tried to rouse blacks against illegal immigration with fiery appearances on national TV, protest marches, civil disobedience and leadership of Choose Black America, an anti-illegal immigration organization launched and financially supported by the '''Federation for American Immigration Reform'''. }}</ref>, and [[Coalition for the Future American Worker]].<ref>{{cite web

|quote=other FAIR sponsored groups such as the Coalition for the Future of the American Worker, which claims to be a coalition of blue-collar groups}}</ref> ==Personnel== ===Staff=== As of June 2013:<ref>FAIR, [http://www.fairus.org/about/staff "Staff"], organizational website, accessed June 2013.</ref> *[[Dan Stein|Daniel Stein]], President*Julie Kirchner, Executive Director

===Board of Directors==Accessed September 2008: <ref>[http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_aboutliste5e3 Directors], Federation for American Immigration Reform, accessed September 14, 2008.</ref>

As of June 2013:<ref>FAIR, [http://www.fairus.org/about/board-of-directors "Board of Directors"], organizational website, accessed June 2013</ref> *Roy C. Porter, Chairman*[[Nancy S. Anthony*Duane Austin*Sharon Barnes*Douglas E. Caton*William W. Chip*Donald Collins, Jr.*[[Sarah G. Epstein]], Chairman*[[Sharon BarnesFrank Morris]]*[[Alan N. Weeden]] '''Former directors include''':<ref>Federation for American Immigration Reform, [http://www.fairus.org/site/PageNavigator/about/board_of_directors/ Board], organizational website, accessed September 13, 2010.</ref><ref>Federation for American Immigration Reform, [http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_aboutliste5e3 Directors], organizational website, accessed September 14, 2008.</ref> *Edith Blodgett]]

*[[Donald AStephen B. Collins]]Swensrud*[[Sarah G. Epstein]], Secretary*[[Roy C. Porter]]*[[Stephen B. Sidney Swensrud]]*[[John Tanton]], M.D.*[[Alan Weeden]] 

==Advisory Board==Accessed September 2008As of June 2013: <ref>FAIR, [http://www.fairus.org/siteabout/PageServer?pagename=about_aboutliste5e3 Directorsboard-of-directors "National Board of Advisors"], Federation for American Immigration Reformorganizational website, accessed September 14, 2008.June 2013</ref>

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">*Hon. [[Richard LammBrian Bilbray]], (Co-Chair)*HonDonald Collins, Sr. [[Brian Bilbray]], (Co-Chair)*[[Duke Austin]]Hon. Louis Barletta*[[Gwat Bhattacharjie]]*[[Gerda Bikales]]*[[Dorothy R. Blair]]*[[J. Bayard Boyle]]*[[Hugh Brien]]*[[John Brock]]*[[Torrey Brown]], M.D.*[[Frances Burke]], Ph.D.*[[Cleveland Chandler]], Ph.D.*[[William W. Chip]], Esq.*[[William Collard]], Esq.*[[Donald Collins, Jr.]]*[[Clifford Colwell]], M.D.*[[Thomas A. Connolly]]*[[Jane SJames R. DeLung]]Dorcy*[[James RAlfred P. Doyle, M.D. Dorcy]]*[[Dino Drudi]]*[[Carol Dubois]]Paul Egan*[[Bonnie Erbe]]*[[Don Feder]]Erb&eacute;

*[[Otis W. Graham, Jr.]], Ph.D.*[[Frederick WJoseph R. Guardabassi]]Guzzardi*[[Joseph RRobert E. Guzzardi]]Hannay

*[[Edward HMarilyn Hempel*Dale M. Herder, Ph.D. Harte]]*[[Bonnie Hawley]]Diana Hull, Ph.D.*Hon. [[Walter D. Huddleston]]

*[[Glenn Jackson]]*[[Mrs. T.N. Jordan]]*[[Carol Joyal]]*[[Alan Kuper]], Ph.D.*[[Yeh Ling Ling]]

*[[Donald Mann]]*[[Henry Mayer]], M.D.*[[Joel McCleary]]*[[Scott McConnell]]*[[James G. McDonald]], Esq.*[[Helen Milliken]]

*[[Nita Norman]]*[[Peter Nuñez]]*[[Robert D. Park]]*[[Roy Porter]]*[[Fred Pinkham]], Ed.D.*[[Thor Ramsing]]*[[Bruce S. Reid]]*[[Teela Roche]]*Colonel [[Albert F. Rodriguez]], Ret.*[[Charles T. Roth]]*[[David M. Schippers]], Esq.*[[Monica Bell Steensma]]*[[Joyce Tarnow]]*[[Max Thelen</div> ==Contact Information== Federation for American Immigration Reform<br>25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 330<br>Washington, Jr.]]DC 20001<br>Phone: 202-328-7004<br>Fax: 202-387-3447<br>*HonWeb: http://www. [[Curtin Winsor, Jrfairus.]]org<br>*[[Robert Zaitlin]], MFacebook: https://www.Dfacebook.com/FAIRImmigration ==Articles and Resources==

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