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Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

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The most recent issue of Social Contract Press cheers Arizona's SB 1070 victory and includes an article by Russell Pearce.

Sometimes, when Tanton looks at how FAIR, NumbersUSA, the CIS, and other groups he's touched have succeeded in turning the immigration debate his way, the old man feels a certain satisfaction about his life's work.

Terry Greene Sterling

A display of buttons for sale at the June 5 pro-SB 1070 rally.

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In the eye of the hurricane: Protesters at an immigration rally.

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Editor�s note: Former New Times staff writer Terry Greene Sterling is the author of the new book Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona�s Immigration War Zone and is writer-in-residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Jennifer Gaie Hellum assisted with research on white-nationalist groups. Sterling's personal Web site is www.terrygreenesterling.com.