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May 07, 2010 FAIR Sets The Record Straight On False Allegations Made By MSNBC's Rachael Maddow Today FAIR released a letter sent to MSNBC president Phil Griffin regarding false allegations about Prop. 200 and Protect Arizona Now made by Rachel Maddow on her show and blog. "Most egregiously, Ms. Maddow publicly accused Mr. Stein of lying about expenditures made in support of Proposition 200, which appeared on the Arizona ballot in 2004. Mr. Stein did not lie. He spoke the absolute truth. FAIR's support for Proposition 200 in Arizona is well-known and a matter of public record . . . Did Arizona state law require that the Protect Arizona Now Committee report FAIR's efforts to gather signatures in support of Proposition 200 as an 'in-kind contribution' to the 'official' committee? Yes. Did FAIR actually give money or any other direct support to the PAN committee itself? No. Case closed," says FAIR's letter. Even writers critical of FAIR have pointed out the smear tactics used by Ms. Maddow in her presentation. "What these parties fail to grasp is that speciously accusing someone of racism is not an argument, it's not a fair injection into national discourse, and it's all-too-frequently never direct enough to exceed speculatory boundaries," says Aeternum Vale. FAIR is calling for Ms. Maddow to issue an apology. You can read the full letter at FAIR's site.
Poll Shows Americans Believe Arizona Was Right "Most American voters think Arizona was right to pass its own immigration law, and think the Obama administration should wait and see how the new law works rather than try to stop it, according to a Fox News poll released Friday," Fox News says. "The new poll finds 61 percent of voters nationally think Arizona was right to take action instead of waiting for the federal government to do something on immigration. That's more than twice as many as the 27 percent who think securing the border is a federal responsibility and Arizona should have waited for Washington to act."
Reid Opponents Say They Would Reverse Amnesty Course "Illegal immigrants would find an unfriendly and unwelcoming America if Republicans seeking U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's seat were in charge," the Las Vegas Review Journal says. "In Nevada, the crowded GOP field vying to face Reid has jumped into the fray to criticize any Democratic plan that might offer amnesty. They are also offering their own ideas to penalize illegal immigrants in the country now and to stop more from streaming into the United States."
City Actions Unlikely to Stop Arizona Law "Within Arizona, both Tucson and Flagstaff city councils voted Tuesday to sue the state, citing concerns about enforcement costs and negative effects on the state's tourism industry. Do such moves produce tangible pressure, or are they just symbolic, toothless gestures? And what are the precedents for a city suing its own state?" asks the Christian Science Monitor. "Cases where cities have sued their states are rare, says Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Citing research from FAIR's legal department, he says cities theoretically have the right to challenge policies imposed by their states, but it's complicated. 'Under our system, cities derive their powers from the states in which they are situated. Thus, cities are compelled to comply with state laws unless those laws violate the US or state constitution,' says Mehlman. "That is clearly not the case here."
Prince William County Law Shows Hysteria Over Enforcement False "In Prince William, initial fears about racial profiling have not been realized, according to preliminary results of a University of Virginia study, that is underway. But the study also said that it seems unlikely that the county's drop in violent crime was because of the policy, because illegal immigrants make up a small percentage of those arrested for such crimes," the Washington Post reports. "Proponents of the Arizona and Prince William laws worked with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an organization that advocates for lower U.S. immigration levels, and its legal affiliate, the Immigration Reform Law Institute, which helped write both laws and is working on similar legislation for other jurisdictions," the Post notes. "Like in Arizona, this was a response to overwhelming demand," said Ira Mehlman, a federation spokesman, of the Prince William law. "People were congregating on street corners and in Home Depot parking lots; there was overcrowded housing. It was affecting what most people considered to be quality of life."
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