America’s anti-immigrant rage is reaching a fever pitch: Why it’s time to get very nervous

America’s anti-immigrant rage is reaching a fever pitch: Why it’s time to get very nervous:

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Then I wrote my article yesterday there were only 15 Governors refusing to follow federal law and allow Middle Eastern refugees into the country. Today that number has doubled.  And Speaker Ryan has duly capitulated to Mike Huckebee’s demand and will bring a bill to the floor to require a “pause” in admitting refugees to the country.

To be fair, he wasn’t the only one making it. The entire Republican Party, with the notable exception of Jeb Bush, has now decided that we must not only close the borders to Mexicans but to people from the Middle East as well. But it is actually unsurprising considering that much of the 2016  presidential campaign has been built around the issue of unwanted immigrants.  The GOP base has been working itself up into a xenophobic frenzy for quite some time.

After six years of non-stop xenophobic fear mongering, the Paris attacks have taken intolerance to a new level

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