No Hate in the Debate

Stop the Lies Stop the Hate

Immigrant men, women, and children have become political footballs in the national immigration debate,while recognized hate groups like the Minutemen and FAIR continue to grow unchecked. Candidates "talk tough" on immigration to score cheap political points, TV hosts fan the flames of nativism for ratings every night, and hate crimes against Latinos are on the rise. Enough is enough- it's time to say, "No hate in the immigration debate!"

We need real solutions, not more of the same hateful, divisive politics and media.

Let's take the hate out of our national immigration debate!

Pulido Called out on Hate in Sun Times

After ICIRR, along with a broad coalition of faith and civil rights leaders, called on the GOP and the Tea Party not to share a stage with minutemen extremist Rosanna Pulido, Chicago Sun-Times' columnist Alejandro Escalona further outlines her vile hate speech. Read more…

Dear Tea party and GOP

At this Saturday’s Tea Party Rally in Bartlett, Illinois several prominent Republican leaders are scheduled to share the stage with Minuteman Rosanna Pulido, one of the vilest voices of intolerance and hate in our state. Read more…

Let Us Never Forget!

On Sunday, April 19, in Skokie the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center was opened with a keynote speech by former President Bill Clinton.

It is important for those of us in the U.S. to remember honestly that, as Nazi Germany tightened its stranglehold on an increasingly desperate Jewish population, the United States kept our borders closed to Jewish refugees because of anti-Semitism. The results were absolutely tragic. Read more…

KAPOW!!! Two more bite the dust…

The list of politicians in Illinois who engage in open immigrant bashing is thankfully small, and after Tuesday’s election it just shrank by two. New Congressman Mike Quigley easily dispatched fringe Minuteman founder Rosanna Pulido in the 5th Congressional District to replace Rahm Emmanuel, and in Waukegan the polarizing voice of Mayor Richard Hyde was silenced under an avalanche of Latino support for upset victor Bob Sabonjian. Read more…

The Rise of Hate in 2008

The Southern Poverty Law Center today released its Spring 2009 Intelligence Report detailing the rise in hate groups acros Read more…