# Illegal immigration to the United States

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 29, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-immigration-to-the-united-states/723747 "2015-06-29T00:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-immigration-to-the-united-states/723747/120 "2015-07-09T16:56:08Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [Not much point in reading further](http://www.splcenter.org/publications/the-nativist-lobby-three-faces-of-intolerance/cis-the-independent-think-tank), [is there](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/15/inside-the-center-for-immigration-studies-the-immigration-false-fact-think-tank.html)?

Ha. The old ignore the message attack the messenger trick. And both your cites point to the same source as to why CIS is so bad: The Southern Poverty Law Center, which ironically, is one of the most biased, most wacky organizations to exist.

But as long as it saves you from responding to the facts represented, thank goodness for the good old SPLC, right?

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