Hate in the White House: January 2018

The following is a timeline of instances of extremism in the Trump administration in January 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-Immigrant

Jan 2

Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan calls for sanctuary cities to be charged with crimes

Read our factsheet

https://www.splcenter.org/20170515/current-state-sanctuary-law

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/01/26/trumps-sanctuary-cities-plan-straight-out-breitbart-radical-right-playbook

Read the news story

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367167-trump-ice-pick-politicians-who-run-sanctuary-cities-should-be-charged?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=795653a40e-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-795653a40e-168813017

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 3

President Trump dissolves "voter fraud commission"

Read our statement

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/05/11/kris-kobach-lawyer-far-right-extremists-unfit-serve-trumps-commission-study-voter-fraud

Read our profile

https://www.splcenter.org/20161118/kris-kobach-lawyer-americas-nativist-movement

Read the news story

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/presidential-election-commission/index.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=58872c1fe2-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-58872c1fe2-168813017

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 3

Kris Kobach, former vice chairman of the voter fraud commission, claims DHS will continue gathering voter information

Read our Weekend Read

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/06/17/weekend-read-kris-kobach-wants-decide-who-has-right-vote

Read our profile

https://www.splcenter.org/20161118/kris-kobach-lawyer-americas-nativist-movement

Read the news story

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-commission.html

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 7

Trump adviser Stephen Miller says people are "getting slaughtered in sanctuary cities"

Read our factsheet

https://www.splcenter.org/20170515/current-state-sanctuary-law

Read our Weekend Read

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/22/weekend-read-trumps-anti-immigrant-crusader

Read the news story

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/01/07/white-house-adviser-stephen-miller-full-interview-sotu.cnn

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 8

DHS announces end to Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans

Read our statement

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2014/07/29/leadership-compassion-needed-address-humanitarian-crisis-border

Read our report

https://www.splcenter.org/20160128/families-fear-atlanta-immigration-raids

Read the news story

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/us/salvadorans-tps-end.html

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 9

Federal judge blocks the Trump administration's attempt to end DACA

Read our annotation

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/06/president-trumps-daca-statement-annotated

Read our statement

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/05/splc-statement-president-trump%E2%80%99s-decision-rescind-daca

Read the news story

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/us/politics/outrageous-white-house-says-of-judges-daca-ruling.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=5c40bbec5c-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-5c40bbec5c-168813017

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 9

Trump ties DACA to money for a border wall and stricter immigration limits

Read our annotation

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/06/president-trumps-daca-statement-annotated

Read our statement

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/09/05/splc-statement-president-trump%E2%80%99s-decision-rescind-daca

Read the news story

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/politics/trump-daca-immigration.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=4de2b937af-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-4de2b937af-168813017

White Nationalist

Jan 9

Former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon steps down as executive chairman of Breitbart News

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/02/21/breitbart-under-bannon-breitbarts-comment-section-reflects-alt-right-anti-semitic-language

Read our statement

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/08/18/statement-splc-president-richard-cohen-stephen-bannons-ouster

Read the news story

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/politics/steve-bannon-breitbart-trump.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=4de2b937af-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-4de2b937af-168813017&mtrref=undefined&gwh=78B8DAF6C446109912E9D08634F1BA21&gwt=pay

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 11

Trump calls African nations and Haiti "shithole countries," suggesting the U.S. needs more immigrants from Norway

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/11/trump-prefers-immigrants-norway-over-shithole-countries-haiti

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/12/wake-trump%E2%80%99s-shithole-comment-celebration-among-far-right

Read the news story

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.4bd6e8bc21e6

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 12

UN human rights office decries Trump's comments as "racist"

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/2018/01/11/trump-prefers-immigrants-norway-over-shithole-countries-haiti

Read the news story

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-un/u-n-rights-office-decries-trumps-reported-remarks-as-racist-idUSKBN1F114A?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=9879473ecb-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-9879473ecb-168813017

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 18

A week after the president describes Haiti a "shithole," DHS announces it will block temporary agricultural and seasonal visas for Haitians

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2010/01/26/nativists-stewing-over-refuge-haitians

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/11/trump-prefers-immigrants-norway-over-shithole-countries-haiti

Read the news story

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/haiti-temporary-visas/index.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=a350562b11-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-a350562b11-168813017

Anti-Muslim

Jan 18

DHS releases report confirming Customs and Border Patrol broke the law in its implementation of Trump’s first travel ban

Read the legal document

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/02/06/splc-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-stay-trump%E2%80%99s-muslim-ban

Read about our suit

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/03/24/splc-lawsuit-latest-muslim-ban-unconstitutional-harms-families-and-others

Read the news story

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/its-now-certain-federal-agents-broke-the-law-to-implement-trumps-first-travel-ban.html

Anti-LGBT

Jan 19

Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns from agency that runs AmeriCorps after previous racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments revealed

Read our report

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/1998/voices-radical-radio

Read our report

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/hard-line-%E2%80%98birthers%E2%80%99-soldier-after-certificate%E2%80%99s-release

Read the news story

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio/index.html?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=a09b332cf0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-a09b332cf0-168813017

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 23

Representatives of anti-immigrant hate group ProEnglish visit White House

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/26/anti-immigrant-hate-group-proenglish-visits-white-house

Read our report

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/john-tantons-network

Read the news story

https://archive.is/tUa5W

Anti-Immigrant

Jan 31

DOJ threatens sanctuary cities with subpoenas

Read our factsheet

https://www.splcenter.org/20170515/current-state-sanctuary-law

Read our blog post

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/01/26/trumps-sanctuary-cities-plan-straight-out-breitbart-radical-right-playbook

Read the news story

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/24/justice-department-threatens-sanctuary-cities-subpoenas-escalating-trumps-immigration-enforcement-ca/1061225001/?utm_source=WTF+Just+Happened+Today%3F&utm_campaign=37c027ac2d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_19_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9813b73b1a-37c027ac2d-168813017

February 2018

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December 2017

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