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Members of the left are upset that Attorney General Bill Barr has appointed an immigration judge who actually respects and believes in America’s immigration laws.
“The judge, Matthew J. O’Brien, was officially named to his new position in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) in June — but was just formally inducted into the largest ever corps of immigration judges along with 45 others,” Law & Order, a far-left news website, complained Saturday.
“‘From 2016 to 2020, he served as the director of research at the Federation for American Immigration Reform.’ … The group, known in immigration law circles by its acronym, FAIR, has a history of connections to hard-line immigration policies.”
As news of the appointment, which happened Friday, spread, so did the smears.
Look:
Barr Appoints Former Research Director of SPLC-Alleged ‘Hate Group’ as Immigration Judge https://t.co/49e777jshx
— MSN (@MSN) July 18, 2020
I’m, sorry, WHAT?@DOJ_EOIR just appointed an immigration judge who spent the last four years as the Director of Research at @FAIRImmigration—an anti-immigrant organization which has repeatedly called for deporting every single undocumented immigrant and blocking the border. https://t.co/qgqoIH9YLd pic.twitter.com/aAQu37wIb5
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 18, 2020
We now have an identified white supremacist as an immigration judge. @mariasacchetti
— Bosimmatty (@Bos_imm) July 18, 2020
@DonyaKhadem, I’m doing the exact same.@KerryWMartin, an immigration judge from white supremist FAIR?! WTF…further evidence that we need to completely dismantle EOIR and have actual independent immigration cts.
— Chris Opila (@chris_opila) July 18, 2020
Barr jist appointed a FAIR immigration judge. 😱😱FAIR is a racist anti-immigrant org which promotes reducing immigration, separation of families, shutting down border to assylum seekers. Founder a eugenics supporter. #ImpeachTrumpAgain #TrumpIsALaughingStock #TrumpFailsAmerica
— Fernando Oliver, Esq. (@Fernand46357857) July 18, 2020
White supremacists gonna white supremacist
— 1️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ days until Nove〽️ber 3🗽 (@snowmanomics) July 18, 2020
O’Brien is neither a white supremacist nor a racist. Nor is the organization he used to work for, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a racist, white supremacist or anti-immigrant organization.
Leftists believe otherwise because of the lies peddled by the repeatedly discredited, radical propaganda group known as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
In reality, FAIR is a legitimate 41-year-old non-profit focused on pushing for intelligent, sane and sustainable immigration policies.
“FAIR engages in community outreach to inform affected communities of how national immigration policies affect their own situation, and invites them to engage in a meaningful dialogue on how to shape immigration policies for the 21st Century and beyond,” the non-profit’s web page reads.
“FAIR seeks to reduce overall immigration to a more normal level. Reducing legal immigration levels from well over one million at present to a very generous 300,000 a year over a sustained period will allow America to manage growth, address environmental concerns, and maintain a high quality of life. FAIR puts the interests of American citizens and future generations ahead of big business and partisan demands.”
Nothing about this reeks of racism. Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, the brown-skinned daughter of Philippine immigrants, shares FAIR’s concerns about immigration levels currently being too high, particularly amid the coronavirus pandemic. She also boasts concerns about illegal alien caravans.
Case in point:
Slow-motion invasion: Migrant caravan to leave Mexico City on foot for U.S-Mexico border after failed request for buses https://t.co/0uu9Sz8r17 via @usatoday
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 9, 2018
Share this everywhere –@realdonaldtrump – do NOT abandon US tech workers who voted for you to protect them from #OpenBordersInc – Thank you @TuckerCarlson @4US_Workers & all grass-roots groups raising hell over this fundamental MAGA issue. Where’s #ConInc ??? https://t.co/yhAkevCH9R
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 5, 2020
I hope Tucker’s appeal to @realDonaldTrump works. But it was Trump who appointed Indian outsourcing lobbyist Chad Wolf to head DHS in the first place. I mean…WTF. https://t.co/WseQoLHR7j
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 2, 2020
YES #AmericaFirst @jeffsessions ==>https://t.co/5xQ0aNVvDU
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 16, 2020
But according to the SPLC and the far-leftists who subscribe to its defamatory propaganda, anyone who shares even a single concern about immigration is a white supremacist, if not a full-fledged Nazi. Even if that person isn’t white.
Leftists are also upset because O’Brien actually believes in and respects America’s federation immigration laws.
For example, watch below as Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council, a far-left group that doesn’t respect America’s federal immigration laws, complains about all the “anti-immigration” articles O’Brien has written for FAIR.
Just a month ago, Matthew O’Brien wrote a piece for FAIR arguing in favor of the new anti-asylum regulations, which are opposed by @Imm_Judges_NAIJ, calling them “certain to meet with criticism from the open borders lobby.”
He’s an immigration judge now!https://t.co/CoiQRiJY40 pic.twitter.com/BcsTOVymNF
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 18, 2020
Here are some articles that new immigration judge Matthew O’Brien has written in 2020 alone.
– The COVID-19 Immigration Moratorium: Reasonable Not Racist
– Quarantine: Good for Americans, Good for Detained Aliens
– Illegals Don’t Fear Courthouse Arrests – But They Should pic.twitter.com/vzRj8n1pjN— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 18, 2020
– Mass Incarceration Remains a Myth, Mass Migration Is Still a Problem
– Asylum Officers Work for the American People, Not Foreign Nationals
– ICE Isn’t the Problem, Criminals Are
– Hollywood’s Latest Illegal Alien Fantasy pic.twitter.com/LiUIcURjoB— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 18, 2020
Again, this man has just been appointed as an immigration judge. pic.twitter.com/1gysTv2EHb
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 18, 2020
Thankfully for those Americans who prioritize truth over propaganda, AG Barr clearly doesn’t subscribe to the SPLC, and he does believe in and respect America’s immigration laws, as demonstrated by his appointment of O’Brien.
As for the critics, the Twitter user below seems to sum up their sentiment to a T:
Shocking!! An immigratIon judge who believes in enforcing immigratIon laws!! What horror!!
— Dylan Calewarts (@DCalewarts) July 18, 2020
What horror indeed.
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