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    FRINGE FACTOR

    May 01, 2019 3 minutes
    BY JUSTIN MILLER

    TITLE/ORGANIZATION

    National director of the Remembrance Project

    THE CAUSE

    Using personal tragedy to foment fear of an “illegal alien” crime wave

    NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT

    Getting President Trump to create an office for victims of immigrant crime

    ALLIES

    Donald Trump, Steve King, Steve Bannon, Dan Patrick

    MONEY QUOTE

    “We are not anti-immigrant. We are against illegal aliens trespassing upon our soil.”

    ON MARCH 15, 2019, DONald Trump sat behind the Resolute desk

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