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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
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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
0
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
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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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
1
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
0
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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