PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

COMBATING NATIVISM

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

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COMBATING NATIVISM

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

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About the Report

This report was prepared by the staff of the Southern Poverty Law Center. ON THE COVER Alabama's 2011 anti-immigrant law, called "cruel, destructive and embarrasing" --

the "worst in the nation" -- by The New York Times, sparked this protest in Montgomery. Photo by Sarah Reynolds

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FOREWORD

6AN EARLY BATTLE: SPLC SHUTS DOWN TERROR CAMPAIGN WAGED BY KLAN AGAINST VIETNAMESE FISHERMEN

8 ? 18 TIMELINE 1998-2010

12SPLC EXPOSES RACIST AGENDA OF JOHN TANTON, ARCHITECT OF NATIVIST MOVEMENT

16SPLC WINS JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANT WOMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED WHILE ON THE JOB

18 ? 36 TIMELINE 2011-2019

20SPLC CASE REUNITES IMMIGRANT MOTHER WITH BABY TAKEN IN HOSPITAL

24SPLC LAWSUIT GUTS ALABAMA'S EXTREMIST-INSPIRED ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW

28SPLC CASE STOPS RACKETEERING, TRAFFICKING SCHEME THAT ENTRAPPED HUNDREDS

32SPLC LAUNCHES PROJECT TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF DETAINED IMMIGRANTS IN TRUMP ERA

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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