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YouTube is Serving Ads From an Anti-Immigrant Hate Group
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is running ads on YouTube warning that immigrants are “flooding our nation” and warning people who live in the suburbs that “your quiet little byway will become a 6-lane highway” if immigration is not restricted. The advertisements end by encouraging viewers to visit FAIR’s website for more information.
FAIR is currently listed at the Southern Poverty Law Center as an “anti-immigrant” hate group for its extreme stance on reducing immigration in America to what it once described as “the lowest feasible levels.” SPLC reports that FAIR founder John Tanton has expressed that his part of his motivation for forwarding an anti-immigration agenda comes from “his wish that America remain a majority-white population” and has documented his connections to white nationalists and anti-Semites. Since its founding in 1979, the group has sought power by lobbying politicians and disseminating propaganda that paints all immigrants as detrimental to American society.
The organization has been one of many anti-immigrant groups finding degrees of success guiding President Donald Trump’s administration in crafting immigration policy. Many former employees of FAIR and the organization’s legal arm Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) have entered high-rank positions around the Trump administration and earlier this year a former IRLI employee resigned after The Atlantic revealed emails tying him to white nationalists.
The YouTube ad purchased by FAIR was brought to the attention of Right Wing Watch after a Twitter user reported that they were delivered an ad from the group “on video game channels.” FAIR’s YouTube page lists numerous additional advertisements that appear to be edited to lengths appropriate for digital ads. A user on Reddit asked about a similar ad they were fed in September.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/youtube-is-serving-ads-from-an-anti-immigrant-hate-group/
FAIR is currently listed at the Southern Poverty Law Center as an “anti-immigrant” hate group for its extreme stance on reducing immigration in America to what it once described as “the lowest feasible levels.” SPLC reports that FAIR founder John Tanton has expressed that his part of his motivation for forwarding an anti-immigration agenda comes from “his wish that America remain a majority-white population” and has documented his connections to white nationalists and anti-Semites. Since its founding in 1979, the group has sought power by lobbying politicians and disseminating propaganda that paints all immigrants as detrimental to American society.
The organization has been one of many anti-immigrant groups finding degrees of success guiding President Donald Trump’s administration in crafting immigration policy. Many former employees of FAIR and the organization’s legal arm Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) have entered high-rank positions around the Trump administration and earlier this year a former IRLI employee resigned after The Atlantic revealed emails tying him to white nationalists.
The YouTube ad purchased by FAIR was brought to the attention of Right Wing Watch after a Twitter user reported that they were delivered an ad from the group “on video game channels.” FAIR’s YouTube page lists numerous additional advertisements that appear to be edited to lengths appropriate for digital ads. A user on Reddit asked about a similar ad they were fed in September.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/youtube-is-serving-ads-from-an-anti-immigrant-hate-group/
Holy shit! No wonder there's so many racist gamers out there.
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