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FAIR Responds to Unfair Portrayal of Motives WASHINGTON, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) made the following statement: This past weekend, The New York Times ran an article purporting to examine the "evolution of the modern day immigration reform movement." Unfortunately, the article did not chronicle the early grassroots work of many individuals who enabled FAIR to begin a balanced, much-needed...

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The widespread use of illegal foreign labor by large agribusinesses results in huge profits for corporate farms, while consumers continue to see rising prices at the supermarket checkout, finds a new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The report, Illegal Immigration and Agribusiness: The Effects on the Agricultural Industry of Converting to a Legal Workforce, debunks the claims made by the corporate...

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2011 will bring together 50 talk radio hosts, broadcasting to all 50 states, for a two-day "Electronic Town Hall" dedicated to discussing U.S. immigration policy. The annual event is organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and will take place on April 6 and 7 at Washington's Phoenix Park Hotel.The 50 talk hosts, who will be joined by concerned citizen activists, will be...

50 Talk Radio Hosts to Gather in Washington for National "Town Hall" on Immigration WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) announces April 6 and 7 as the dates for Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2011. Fifty talk radio hosts from all across the United States, led by Roger Hedgecock of Radio America Networks, are scheduled to participate in Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2011, making it the largest immigration "town hall" of the...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The data released from the 2010 Census reveal that our nation is on the path of unsustainable population growth. With more than 308 million people - an increase of 27 million over the 2000 Census - our swelling population, fueled by mass immigration, represents the single greatest threat to the environmental health of our nation. A new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Immigration, Population Growth, and the...

Mass Immigration is Unsustainable, Warns FAIR WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's release of 2010 Census data reveal that the U.S. population grew by more than 27 million during the last decade - representing a nearly ten percent increase in our population in just ten years. The single largest factor in this enormous, and unwelcome, increase was excessive legal and illegal immigration. Here is how the math works: During the past decade, about 13 million new...

Criminal Alien Removals Up/Non-Criminal Alien Removals Down/Overall Removals Flat WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano released the FY 2010 immigration deportation numbers claiming that "it's been another record-breaking year of record criminal alien removals." Yet, Secretary Napolitano neglects to mention that while deportation of criminal aliens has risen, the total removals are roughly the same, and the...

Dream Act Would Allow Access to Financial Aid, Grants Unless Vetoed by Governor WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly three months into the fiscal year, the California legislature and Gov. Schwarzenegger are finalizing a budget agreement that calls for massive cuts in state programs to close the state's projected $19 billion budget gap. While most Californians will be feeling the pain - and lots of it - the California legislature not only spared, but expanded benefits to at...

Third Circuit in Lozano v. Hazelton: States Must Accept Federal Mismanagement of Immigration, Chaos and Financial Ruin WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dan Stein, President of The Federation for American Immigration Reform today issued the following statement: "Today, through its decision in Lozano v. Hazelton, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court injunction of an ordinance enacted lawfully by the City of Hazelton in response to the growing drain of...

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) called an outline of legislation circulated by the Senate Democratic leadership, "yet another attempt to reward illegal aliens and cheap labor employers at the expense of the American public." The outline, offered by Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) offers amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and family members residing outside the U.S.,...