Word: nativistic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Matthews said that there was “a lot of white tribalism in the birther stuff” and labeled some of the rabble-rousing associated with such movements as “nativist...
Disorderly conduct has its roots in the mid--19th century, when police officers needed a way to quell street brawls that erupted between immigrants and nativist groups, like the 1849 riot at New York City's Astor Place Theatre that killed 22 people. Like all aspects of modern-day policing, it has its roots in British common law. While used in cases of individuals, disorderly conduct is just as common in group arrests--at, for instance, abortion clinics, rallies and political conventions. At New York City's 2004 Republican National Convention, more than 1,100 people were arrested...
...when these changes take effect on October 1, the start of the fiscal year of 2009. Not only do these increases heighten already problematic economic barriers for international visitors, but their purpose—to upgrade a federal surveillance program —reflects an abhorrently nativist governmental view toward non-immigrant visitors. The proposals seek to increase the fees for internationals by charging both the schools that admit foreign students and the individual students and exchange-visitors (such as camp counselors and au pairs) themselves. More specifically, the fees are aimed at bolstering the Student and Exchange Visitor Information...
...Republicans. The party's blue-collar base is furious over illegal immigration and has begun to notice that the GOP's business wing is keeping the borders porous. McCain, whose position on immigration is more chamber of commerce than Lou Dobbs, may get caught in the cross fire, with nativist Republicans opting for a third party or simply staying home. All of which suggests that the media's fretting about beer and wine Democrats is misplaced. The party that's likely to have trouble holding its liquor this fall...
...party's right flank opposed it. Giuliani, McCain and Romney, all of whom to varying degrees once backed that approach, have recalibrated their positions so that they share the public's desire to secure the borders before granting aliens any legal rights to put down roots. The party's nativist temptation is already having an impact: almost 6 out of every 10 Hispanic voters now call themselves Democrats or lean that way, according to a new Pew Center study - a shift of 13 points in party ID in the past year alone...