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Jean Raspail was the author of #CampOfTheSaints, a virulently racist hate novel that's achieved cult classic status among white nationalists. A favorite of Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller, the novel portrays the death of Western civilization by refugees.
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John Tanton, founder of today's anti-immigrant movement, whose organizations have infiltrated deep into the Trump administration, loved the novel so much he acquired the rights to republish it in 1994.
My review:
typhoonical.com/home/campsaints
My review:
typhoonical.com/home/campsaints
The influence of the novel cannot be overstated. If you're wondering where the WN movement gets its inspiration to formulate the horrific policies we've seen rolled out, look inside the minds of racists like Jean Raspail. Stephen Miller did:
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#WhiteNationalism has become brazen and open in this administration.
But it persists with the people behind the scenes, building a wall more effective than any physical one, clothing racism not in a white Klan robe but in a black judicial one.
I'm calling for a hearing.
But it persists with the people behind the scenes, building a wall more effective than any physical one, clothing racism not in a white Klan robe but in a black judicial one.
I'm calling for a hearing.
To people like me who punish themselves by reading the writings of racists and white nationalists, it's a very familiar refrain.
Invasion
Illegal
Criminals
Aliens
Losing our identity
Them
Why else would cult classics like #CampoftheSaints still enjoy popularity?
Invasion
Illegal
Criminals
Aliens
Losing our identity
Them
Why else would cult classics like #CampoftheSaints still enjoy popularity?
It lays out the racial fear raw and unvarnished. Great to rally people to your cause, and maybe get them to light Tiki torches or shoot up a Wal-Mart on the border.
But it doesn't make true exclusionary policy.
But it doesn't make true exclusionary policy.
Want to see what the founder of the nation's anti-immigrant movement was thinking about when he decided to start it?
Ending birthright citizenship.
Building a wall.
Because otherwise, the future would be "undesirable."
Dr. John Tanton, in 1975:
Ending birthright citizenship.
Building a wall.
Because otherwise, the future would be "undesirable."
Dr. John Tanton, in 1975:
Was Dr. Tanton a white nationalist? White supremacist?
This much we know: his ideas on immigration are certainly espoused by white nationalists.
He was once called the most influential unknown man in America.
He needs to be a lot more famous.
This much we know: his ideas on immigration are certainly espoused by white nationalists.
He was once called the most influential unknown man in America.
He needs to be a lot more famous.
Here's a memo of when Tanton and his colleague Roger Connor met with the commissioner of the then-INS in 1981. Confirmed that his lack of familiarity with immigration was a strength.
White nationalist sympathies have been injected into immigration policy for decades.
White nationalist sympathies have been injected into immigration policy for decades.
A thread on Trump's new buzzword, #ChainMigration.
You'll hear it constantly now. Some horrendous threat that must end in order to move on the #DreamAct. (Plus a wall.)
But how new is it? And what does it actually mean? @Allandaros and I investigated.
You'll hear it constantly now. Some horrendous threat that must end in order to move on the #DreamAct. (Plus a wall.)
But how new is it? And what does it actually mean? @Allandaros and I investigated.
First, the term chain migration exists nowhere in the immigration law. Not in the Immig & Nationality Act, the CFR, field manuals, memos, or FAQ's.
The term for individuals sponsoring their family members is called (surprisingly): family-based immigration.
The term for individuals sponsoring their family members is called (surprisingly): family-based immigration.
Our immigration laws only allow spouses, parents, children, and siblings to be petitioned. You must be a permanent resident or US citizen in order to do it. Sometimes the wait is 1 year or so. Other times, decades.
There's no direct way to sponsor an uncle, grandparent, etc.
There's no direct way to sponsor an uncle, grandparent, etc.
