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Hate in the White House: February 2018

The following is a timeline of instances of extremism in the Trump administration in February 2018.

President Trump has opened the White House doors to extremism, not only consulting with hate groups on policies that erode our country’s civil rights protections but enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration’s rhetoric and agenda.

Once relegated to the fringes, the radical right now has a toehold in the White House.

Groups and individuals referenced in the list below are not associated with hate groups and extremist ideology unless indicated by a hate group profile.

Anti-Muslim
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Feb 1

Trump administration announces Muslim basher as nominee for director general of the UN’s International Organization for Migration

Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/10/06/american-and-european-radical-right%E2%80%99s-attacks-refugees-fueled-anti-muslim-sentiment
Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/11/20/%E2%80%98people-are-going-die%E2%80%99-sean-hannity-hosts-anti-muslim-extremists-spew-falsehoods
Read the news story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-nominee-for-un-migration-post-called-muslims-violent-christians-top-priority/2018/02/03/a1c99c50-0851-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.6cdaf10caa8a
Anti-Black
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Feb 1

Trump administration strips Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of power to investigate racial discrimination

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/10/05/splc-cfpb-rule-protects-low-income-borrowers
Read the legal document
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016/08/23/splc-backs-consumer-protection-rule-restricting-forced-arbitration
Read the news story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/02/01/trump-administration-strips-consumer-watchdog-office-of-enforcement-powers-against-financial-firms-in-lending-discrimination-cases/?utm_campaign=03f255f358-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=WTF%20Just%20Happened%20Today%3F&utm_term=.c219d4ab5699
Anti-Muslim
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Feb 3

Department of Homeland Security report calls for surveillance of Sunni Muslims

Read our testimony
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016/06/28/splc-president-urges-congress-not-ignore-terrorism-radical-right
Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/12/08/congress-must-act-combat-white-supremacist-threat-%E2%80%93-trump-won%E2%80%99t
Read the news story
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/05/draft-dhs-report-surveillance-of-muslim-immigrants/
Anti-Immigrant
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Feb 6

Chief of Staff John Kelly says DREAMers "were too lazy to get off their asses"

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/05/splc-statement-president-trump%E2%80%99s-decision-rescind-daca
Read our annotation
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/06/president-trumps-daca-statement-annotated
Read the news story
http://theweek.com/speedreads/753602/john-kelly-dismisses-some-dreamers-lazy-asses
Anti-Immigrant
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Feb 8

Trump adminstration considers targeting immigrants who use food aid and other benefits

Read our factsheet
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/getting-immigration-facts-straight
Read our blog post
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2011/ten-myths-about-immigration
Read the news story
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-services-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-may-target-immigrants-who-use-food-aid-other-benefits-idUSKBN1FS2ZK?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=5cafc17692-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-5cafc17692-168813017
Anti-LGBT
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Feb 12

Department of Education announces that it will reject transgender student bathroom complaints

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/02/22/splc-statement-trump-administration-ending-federal-protection-transgender-students
Read our report
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2016/%E2%80%98bathroom-bill%E2%80%99-debates-heat-transgender-people-die
Read the news story
https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/edu-dept-trans-student-bathrooms?utm_term=.mmk5Vv4O4#.eaBqjVoao
Anti-Black
0
Feb 12

Thomas Brunell, who has history of defending voter suppression and racial gerrymandering, withdraws from consideration to be deputy director of the U.S. Census Bureau

Read our commentary
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/02/01/systematic-voter-suppression-%E2%80%94-not-voter-fraud-%E2%80%94-real-cause-concern
Read our profile
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2014/11/02/alabama-woman-94-reflects-poll-taxes-literacy-tests-and-new-efforts-limit-voting-0
Read the news story
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/trumps-controversial-pick-to-run-the-2020-census-withdraws/?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=f26ce41b1d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-f26ce41b1d-168813017
Anti-Immigrant
0
Feb 13

Second judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/05/splc-statement-president-trump%E2%80%99s-decision-rescind-daca
Read our annotation
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/06/president-trumps-daca-statement-annotated
Read the news story
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373680-second-judge-issues-injunction-barring-trump-administration-from?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=8648c5d4fb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-8648c5d4fb-168813017
Anti-Immigrant
0
Feb 14

State Department prepares to close 20 refugee resettlement agencies and tells 40 others to cut back operations

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/05/31/splc-alabama-does-right-thing-drops-appeal-refugee-resettlement-suit
Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/09/24/idaho-town-divided-fears-over-refugees-sharia-law
Read the news story
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees-exclusive/exclusive-dozens-of-refugee-resettlement-offices-to-close-as-trump-downsizes-program-idUSKCN1FY1EJ?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=d6a2d26ecc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-d6a2d26ecc-168813017
Anti-Immigrant
1
Feb 15

Jessica Vaughn, representative of anti-immigrant hate group CIS, testifies before the House Immigration Subcommittee

Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/14/jessica-vaughan-staffer-anti-immigrant-hate-group-center-immigration-studies-cis-testify
Read our hate group profile
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/center-immigration-studies
Read the news story
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/a-denver-city-ordinance-takes-center-stage-on-capitol-hill
Anti-Muslim
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Feb 15

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration's travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims

Read our statement
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/25/splc-statement-president-trumps-third-muslim-ban
Read about our investigation
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/03/24/splc-lawsuit-latest-muslim-ban-unconstitutional-harms-families-and-others
Read the news story
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-court-says-trump-travel-ban-unlawfully-discriminates-against-muslims-idUSKCN1FZ23U?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=80b260d9c0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-80b260d9c0-168813017
Anti-Muslim
0
Feb 20

Senior Department of Health and Human Services official placed on leave for promoting conspiracy theories

Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/08/02/anti-muslim-movement-divided-around-trump%E2%80%99s-attacks-khan-family
Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/02/13/politicians-anti-muslim-leaders-urge-trump-designate-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist
Read the news story
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/politics/kfile-hhs-social-media-postings/index.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=f5ff32e067-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-f5ff32e067-168813017
Radical Right
0
Feb 22

Donald Trump Jr. likes conspiracy theory tweets about Parkland shooting

Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/23/crisis-actors-conspiracy-theory-spreads-across-radical-right
Read our report
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/10/27/new-intelligence-report-focuses-conspiracy-theories-mainstream
Read the news story
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/trump-jr-ripped-liking-conspiracy-theories-parkland-survivors/story?id=53265618&utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=ee292d2007-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-ee292d2007-168813017
Anti-Immigrant
0
Feb 22

USCIS changes mission statement to remove phrase referring to America "as a nation of immigrants"

Read our factsheet
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/getting-immigration-facts-straight
Read our blog post
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2011/ten-myths-about-immigration
Read the news story
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/us/uscis-nation-of-immigrants.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=72884866&te=1
Anti-Immigrant
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Feb 23

President Trump compares immigrants to snakes at CPAC

Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/26/racists-roam-halls-cpac-and-conservative-conference-ends-controversy-over-racist-comments
Read our factsheet
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/getting-immigration-facts-straight
Read the news story
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/23/17044744/trump-snake-speech-cpac
Radical Right
0
Feb 24

President Trump retweets Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists

Read our report
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/10/27/new-intelligence-report-focuses-conspiracy-theories-mainstream
Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/23/crisis-actors-conspiracy-theory-spreads-across-radical-right
Read the news story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/02/24/trump-just-retweeted-a-fringe-radio-host-who-has-attacked-the-florida-school-shooting-survivors/?utm_term=.10ca8ff90667
Anti-Immigrant
0
Feb 24

President Trump makes inaccurate, misleading statements about diversity visa lottery system

Read our annotation
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/01/11/annotated-white-house-justification-president-trumps-racist-remarks
Read our blog post
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/31/anti-immigrant-groups-decry-trump%E2%80%99s-amnesty-plan-have-pushed-many-its-tenets-decades
Read the news story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/02/26/president-trumps-consistent-misrepresentation-of-how-the-diversity-visa-lottery-works/?utm_term=.2b74449874d1
March 2018
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January 2018
https://www.splcenter.org/hate-white-house-january