Francis Cissna, the current director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is scheduled to speak on August 15 at an event sponsored by the anti-immigrant hate group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
CIS was founded by white nationalist John Tanton, a population control and eugenics advocate. The group comes across as a serious policy hub, but in reality, churns out false data and reports to support an anti-immigrant agenda.
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And Cissna is not the first Trump administration official to take part in CIS’s “Immigration Newsmaker” events this year. He’s the third.
“It’s disgraceful that Francis Cissna would agree to put the weight of his office – and the U.S. government – behind a hate group that exists solely to vilify immigrants,” said Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project.
“But none of us should be surprised. It’s just one more example of the strong bond between this administration and far-right extremists who will stop at nothing to fuel rage and resentment against immigrants of color.” splcenter.org/news/2018/08/0…
