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19 Feb, 5 tweets, 6 min read
The Biden #immigrationbill is a course correction.

We had been listening to white supremacists & allies for far too long.

The last 4 years were just a peek at what they would have done if we continued to give them a seat at the table.
Who in particular am I talking about? Glad you asked!

Groups:
@FAIRImmigration
@CIS_org
@numbersusa
@IRLILaw
@PFIRorg

Funded by:
@colcomfdn
@pioneer_fund
Sidney Swensrud Fdn
@WeedenFdn
Fdn for Carolinas
Scaife Fdns

Implemented by:
@StephenM
@jeffsessions
Steve Bannon
Conceived by:

John Tanton
Otis Graham
@peterbrimelow
++

Lobbied by:
Dan Stein
@MarkSKrikorian
@RoyBeck_NUSA
Andrew Arthur
++

Legislated by:
@SteveKingIA
@TomCottonAR
@tedcruz
@RepGosar
@MarshaBlackburn
++

Amplified by:
@BreitbartNews
@FoxNews
@vdare
@NRO
++
How about we try to negotiate the Biden bill without these folks' input?

They had their shot. They screwed America over.

You don't get to play again.
Sorry tagged the wrong Pioneer Fund! @pioneer_fund has no connection with the Pioneer Fund formerly headed by Harry Weyher, who funded eugenics and other pseudoscientific studies on race, and funded anti-immigrant organizations.

Sorry to @pioneer_fund!

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Hassan Ahmad Profile picture
18 Feb
Just finished reading the 66-page summary of the Biden #ImmigrationBill. It's not the law yet! But here are some highlights:

1. New "Lawful Prospective Immigrant" status, or LPI. Good for 6 years, and can file for green card after 5.

Eligibility: In US since 1/1/2021.
If you were here for 3y and departed/deported during Trump presidency, you can qualify for LPI status.

Receipt notice of LPI status serves as a work permit.

LPI status cannot be used by ICE. Many crimes disqualify you.

Those who had certain statuses on 1/1/21 are ineligible.
2. Dreamers can skip LPI and go straight to green card. A Dreamer is anyone who entered the US under age 18 and before 1/1/2021. Dramatically more than DACA!

Current DACA recipients will enjoy an easier, streamlined green card process.

Spouses and children included!
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15 Dec 20
Four years ago, I filed a request to unseal the papers of white supremacist John Tanton. Sealed away at @UMich until 2035, the #TantonPapers will shed light on the anti-immigrant organizations he built that are largely responsible for the horrors of the last 4 years.
The University has fought me tooth and nail for 4 years to keep these papers secret. Supposedly honoring a mysterious "gift agreement" with Tanton - which they've NEVER produced a copy of.

Here's a timeline: hma-legal.com/were-suing-to-…
But, with the help of @olcplc and @Allandaros we beat them at the Michigan Court of Appeals in 2019.

Instead of turning these papers over, the University took it to the Michigan Supreme Court.
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14 Dec 20
A person who drives a car is called a "driver."

A driver who drives 1 mile over the speed limit is committing an illegal act.

Therefore, drivers who speed are called "illegal drivers."

See how ridiculous that sounds? And not even talking about how dehumanizing "alien" is.
But we know the real reason you thought it necessary to tweet this.

Because your advocacy requires dehumanizing language.

You'll never call them future citizens, or aspiring Americans. Then people might realize that immigration status can be fixed with the stroke of a pen.
You have to make people believe something is being stolen from them. You need an enemy.

Every term you use and policy you push is designed for one thing: keeping people out of this country.

We know where you came from: the racist fears of a eugenicist doctor.
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13 Dec 20
This is one of the oldest and stupidest arguments used by racists to justify their abhorrent policies.

A country is NOT like a home. It's public. It does business with other countries. It's supposed to have goods, ideas, services, and people crossing its borders.

Homes don't.
Racists like to say "there's no country without a border."

Bullshit. A country is defined by the people in it, not an overcompensating wall.

And lol at "border security." They mean "border militarization." It's hard to argue against security, but let me try.
What's safer?

1. A border people die trying to cross, and if they make it, they're arrested, detained, and ripped from their families
2. A border across which people can share ideas, goods, or a conversation and a meal

Borders should be PROSPEROUS. Security will naturally flow.
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23 Oct 20
I'm sick of the victim blaming.

People who think kids separated at the border are living in "good conditions" are also likely to think:

slaves had it better here than in their homeland
women are less likely to be raped if they stay at home
asylees are better off fixing their home countries
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18 Jul 20
Banning undocumented immigrants from the census isn't new. The white supremacist group @FAIRImmigration spearheaded an effort to do the same in the 1980 census

*fill out your census forms* Image
They lost. But in this March 1980 piece, note what the lawsuit attempted: count undocumented people, but don't include them in the census count.

*fill out your census forms*

What Trump tried to do in 2019 and got shot down. @politico reports he may be up to it again.
If you want to see the where Trump and his immigration sidekick Stephen Miller get their inspiration, look to Tanton.

The #TantonNetwork is deeply embedded in the Trump administration, as these graphics make clear, and fill out your census forms:

plotagainstimmigrants.com/network/
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