John Tanton's Legacy - 2019-07-18

John Tanton's Legacy July 18, 2019, Swathi Shanmugasundaram, Southern Poverty Law Center

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Tanton created groups that billed themselves as fact-based think tanks and lobbyists. Instead, those groups spread propaganda targeting immigrants that has become central to President Trump's immigration policy.

Tanton, 85, died Tuesday in Petoskey, Michigan. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an SPLC-designated hate group that Tanton launched in 1979, announced his death in a press release.

Tanton's anti-immigrant influence goes far beyond FAIR. He founded or funded 13 anti-immigrant organizations, including three of the most influential anti-immigrant groups in the United States – FAIR, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA – known as the "Big Three."

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{{cite news | first = Swathi | last = Shanmugasundaram | title = John Tanton's Legacy | url = https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/18/john-tantons-legacy | work = Southern Poverty Law Center | date = July 18, 2019 | accessdate = August 29, 2020 }}