Federation for American Immigration Reform

Public education - fair informs and educates the public about Immigration's impact on national security, public safety, the economy, natural resources, and public health. In 2023, fair continued to provide insight, perspective, and clarity on the issues affected by unchecked mass migration and irresponsible Immigration policies.

State and local engagement - fair's state and local engagement (sle) department educated state and local lawmakers and their staff around the country on various critical Immigration issues. In particular, sle spent significant time drafting legislation, research, testimony, and educational materials about sanctuary cities, e-verify, driver's licenses/ids, and in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Staff involved grassroots activists by issuing action alerts, developing talking points, submitting testimony supporting or opposing proposed bills, and providing legislative and issue analysis. Sle provided critical assistance to other departments within fair and assisted in fair's overall educational mission by contributing a significant number of blogs and articles for public education, discussing legislation and current events impacting americans at the state and local levels. Finally, the sle department hosted a border school for 100 sheriffs and legislators from around the country. Insight was provided regarding the administration's border crisis and how states and localities can fight illegal Immigration at the state and local levels.

Media - fair's media/communications program provides essential educational and activism materials to the American public, giving them the digital resources they need to make informed decisions about public policy. Fair's communications apparatus strategically serves fair's branded content to key communities using our strategic multi-channel messaging capabilities. Fair's online supporters have access to real-time blogs, articles, radio hits, tv interviews, op-eds, facebook lives, educational videos, press releases, email newsletters, and activist alerts, which allow them to contact their representatives about critical Immigration issues. The media/communications department also responds to inquiries by reporters and producers, providing factual information and commentary on relevant topics. The department also produces original content distributed on fair's media and social media platforms. In recent years, the media/communications department has sent teams to the border and locations within the country uniquely affected by uncontrolled Immigration to gather information and video footage. The written and video reports that are produced provide members and the general public with information often unavailable through other sources.to engage our activists and leaders, sle organized three regional conferences. Sle also hosted 30 sheriffs from across the country to a conference addressing the border crisis and resulting fentanyl crisis. Sle provided critical assistance to other departments within fair, including reviewing op-eds and other materials for fair's media department as well as providing the advancement department with ideas for ad campaigns. Sle also assisted in fair's overall educational mission by contributing a significant number of blogs and articles for public education, discussing legislation and current events impacting americans at the state and local levels.

Government relations - federal government relations fair's government relations team advances fair's policy priorities and formulates and executes strategies to accomplish these priorities. It serves as a leading resource for members of congress while relentlessly advocating for the organization's priorities and opposing policies that undermine border security and Immigration enforcement. In 2023, the team met with lawmakers and their staff, drafted legislation materials, and helped secure the following victories in 2023: helped pass h.r. 2, the secure the border act, in the house of representatives, a landmark border security bill passed on the same day the biden administration ended title 42 authority. It stopped a senate supplemental funding package without border security that instead included billions to continue processing illegal aliens into the country. It prevented afghan green cards from being included in the national defense authorization act (ndaa), which was deemed a must-pass and laid the groundwork for the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas by coordinating extensively with the house homeland security committee investigation and congressional leadership.

Research & publications - fair research educates the public on the impact of Immigration on america, its people and their economy. This is done through videos, research papers and blogs. Original research continues to serve as the basis for outreach efforts, providing the factual analysis underlying print, radio and television and digital outreach activities. The resources made available via our website are regularly sought after by social media influencers, federal agencies, legislators, law enforcement officials, citizen activists, students, journalists, other researchers, and the general public.

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