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NEW! Reporter's Handbook
This handbook is designed to help those interested in the immigration issue to recognize and sort through the charged rhetoric surrounding the debate.This handbook is not designed to quell the voices of those we don't agree with or challenge their right to speak. It is simply intended to educate readers about the backgrounds and agendas of those participating in the immigration debate.
Virtually every large-scale civil rights atrocity in U.S. history was preceded by a widespread campaign vilifying a specific ethnic or religious group, and Latinos are only the most recent victims. Learn more about the code words of hate used in today’s campaign.
The most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation Hate Crime Statistics report shows a significant increase in hate crimes committed against Latinos in the United States between 2004 and 2006. Learn more by reading cited examples of the steady growth of anti-Hispanic hate crimes since 2004.
Learn more about the groups identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and others as hate or extremist groups that are at the forefront of the hate speech directed toward Hispanics in the U.S.
Spokespeople for these hate and extremist groups have appeared—often unopposed or unchallenged—on national news programs. Find out more about these spokespeople and where they appear in the media.
Some mainstream national news outlets, especially among the cable news networks, have provided highly visible platforms to representatives of the hate and extremist groups noted on this site. Find out more about this media malpractice and the journalists who serve as anti-immigrant activists
Learn more about the myths and facts surrounding the immigration debate.
