The American Immigration Control Foundation is an organistation with strong anti-immigration ideals. The group have been active since 1983, boasting over a quarter of a million members "of all races, creeds and colours." The home page of the website has a very clear outline of the organisation's fundamental aims and beliefs, stating that the AIC is all about "stopping the millions of illegal aliens who sneak across our border from Mexico every year." This shows how they are specifically trying to nullify the number of illegal immigrants from Mexico in particular and those that break through the South West border.
The AIC is a very controversial group due to its associations with other organisations and individuals with ties to racist and white supremacist beliefs.
http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/201005180046
AIC has been headed by John Vinson since 1990. Vinson, who is also editor of the anti-immigration publication Border Watch, often speaks at CCC meetings and is a founding member of the white supremacist League of the South.
Sam Francis, AIC chairman in the mid-90's, was reportedly fired by The Washington Times in 1995 after stating at an American Renaissance conference, "The civilization that we as whites created in Europe and America could not have developed apart from the genetic endowments of the creating people." The Washington Times also pointed to Francis's writings "in which he advocated the possible deportation of legal immigrants and forced birth control for welfare mothers," according to The Washington Post. Today, Francis is editor of the notoriously racist Council of Conservative Citizens' (CCC) monthly tabloid, Citizens Informer.
They even acknowledge their alleged racism with this cartoon located on their history page, trying to riducule the notion that their aims are in any way prejudiced, despite evidence to the contrary.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Hispanic-Immigrants-in-New-York-Protest-US-Deportation-Policy-105463653.html
I found it difficult to find a website with any substantial information in support of immigration as many I read chose to focus on the anti-immigration aspect of the debate rather than pro. Therefore, I have chosen this brief article and video depicting a pro-immigration rally and the debate that surrounds deportation and the ethics of breaking up families that contain both legal and illegal immigrants.
This article focusses on a protest taking part in New York against deportation of Hispanic immigrants who are arrested but still subsequently found innocent. The article talks of families torn apart by these occurences and how forcing someone out of a country that they have grown up in and back to their country of origin, which is essentially foreign to them, can be a basis for pro-immigrant views.
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