Federation for American Immigration Reform

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The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is an "organization of concerned citizens who share a common belief that our nation's immigration policies must be reformed to serve the national interest." [1] FAIR was formed in 1979 by John Tanton, who believed immigration was a significant part of the US population "problem." See RightWeb Profile


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. According to the FAIR website, "FAIR's legal affiliate, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) assisted [Arizona] Senator Pearce in drafting the language of SB1070. [2]

In 2007, the Southern Poverty Law Center 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."[3]



FAIR and immigration reform bill

In 2013, FAIR has played a major role in the anti-immigration reform movement as part of the John Tanton Network. This backlash comes in response to an immigration reform agenda introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in January.[4] FAIR has received over $6 million in donations from the Colcom Foundation, started by Cordelia Scaife May of the Scaife Foundations, a close friend of Tanton and a strong supporter of anti-immigration laws.[4] FAIR has provided [1] linking immigration reform to income inequality and crime, and president Dan Stein published an op-ed in Politico in opposition to the immigration bill.[4] However, the evidence Stein incorporates to support the idea that immigration reform is harmful to the United States turn out to be wrong, as proven by Simon Maloy in his blog for Media Matters for America.[4]

Funding

Funders from 1986-2007 included: [5]

Front groups

Groups that FAIR has created or funded include "You Don't Speak for Me!", Choose Black America[6], and Coalition for the Future American Worker[7].

Board

Accessed September 2010: [8]

Directors (2008)

Accessed September 2008: [9]


Advisory Board

Accessed September 2008: [10]

Contact

Web: http://www.fairus.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FAIRImmigration

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

References

  1. ↑ About, Federation for American Immigration Reform, accessed September 14, 2008.
  2. ↑ "If Washington Won't, Arizona Will", April 14, 2010, "Media" page on FAIR website, accessed September 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ "FAIR Crossing the Rubicon of Hate", Dec. 11, 2007, Southern Poverty Law Center's "Hatewatch" page, accessed September 2, 2010.]
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Katie Lorenze, "Scaife-Funded Network Works Hard to Kill Immigration Reform," PRWatch.org, May 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ Funding - all years (1986-2007) - Federation for American Immigration Reform. Media Matters Action Network. Retrieved on 2010-01-28. “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”
  6. ↑ Teresa Watanabe (2007-12-31). Activist gaining little ground among blacks. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2010-01-15. “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.”
  7. ↑ Duke Falconer (2007-02-05). Anti - Immigration Groups and the Masks of False Diversity. E Pluribus Media. Retrieved on 2010-01-28. “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”
  8. ↑ Board, Federation for American Immigration Reform, accessed September 13, 2010.
  9. ↑ Directors, Federation for American Immigration Reform, accessed September 14, 2008.
  10. ↑ Directors, Federation for American Immigration Reform, accessed September 14, 2008.

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