Why the calls of racism & xenophobia in response to the current explosion of interest in the immigration debate? Well, some people would like to dismiss them as baseless but there is a very clear connection.

Help Save Manassas Group worked in conjunction with Immigration Reform Law Institute(IRLI) to form Prince William County’s ‘Immigration Resolution.’  IRLI was created by Federation for American Immigration Reform’s(FAIR’s) Board of Directors as their auxillary organization for litigation and fund-raising purposes.  It is important to understand FAIR’s underlying motivation in the immigration debate.

In order to do so, one need to look no further than FAIR’s founder and current board member John Tanton.  In founding FAIR, John Tanton accepted over $1,000,000 from the Pioneer Fund which was performing research on the ‘genetic superiority of the white race.’  Tanton is editor and publisher of The Social Contract Press which has been designated a ‘hate group’ by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC/http://www.splcenter.org/).  Additionally, board members of FAIR have ties to the Council for Conservative Citizens(http://www.cofcc.org/) which opposes the ‘mixing of the races.’

In order to more fully understand Tanton’s idealogy it is insightful to read some of his early writings.  (Note:  The reference section at the end of this article has links to some of his early memo/writings.)

But, here is an excerpt from Tanton’s Memo to Witan IV attendees -

As Whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night? Or will there be an explosion?

Are our local officials and the general public aware of the connection between groups like Help Save Virginia, IRLI & FAIR? And do they fully understand FAIR’s ulterior motivation?  Certainly, IRLI has not been forth-coming in their relationship to FAIR. because anyone visiting their website, http://www.irli.org, will not be able to ascertain the organization’s origins.

One needs to consider, that Prince William County, has fallen into the hands of FAIR’s puppeteer John Tanton and has become part of the ’White Explosion’ that he envisions.

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