Did Theodore Roosevelt Say Immigrants Should ‘Assimilate to Us’?
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt did indeed say that immigrants should become “loyal Americans,” although the actual origins of the quote have been fudged.
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Claims About Missouri’s Approach to Undocumented Immigrants
A viral email alleges that Missouri doesn’t have problems with illegal immigration because state lawmakers have passed a number of bills aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants. People are asking if Missouri is the smartest state in the nation.
How Ginned-Up Outrage Turned Two Border Patrol Agents Into Right-Wing Heroes
The fallout from a February 2005 extrajudicial shooting by two U.S. Border Patrol agents was picked up as a source of outrage by right-wing media personalities two years later. Jose Alonso Compeán and Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 for charges including discharge of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence for shooting …
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11-Year-Old Girl With Shotgun Stops Invaders?
An 11-year-old girl in Butte, Montana shoots and kills two illegal aliens who invaded here home.
Photos of Trash in the Arizona Desert Left Behind by ‘Illegal Immigrants’?
A photograph showing trash and debris scattered across a desert landscape comes as part of a chain email that says it is an “eye-opener” from the Sonoran Desert region in Arizona, showing a trash-covered landscape: According to chain emails and Facebook posts, thousands of backpacks, clothes, food wrappers, water bottles and soiled baby diapers were …
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List of ‘Facts and Figures’ About Undocumented Immigrants?
A chain email turned into a meme claims to be a list of “facts” about unauthorized immigration to the United States, but it fails badly on the “facts” front.