DHS hires incense immigration supporters

The Hill reports:

Two prominent opponents of illegal immigration with connections to far-right groups have landed high-level advisory jobs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), prompting heavy criticism from immigrant rights supporters.

Jon Feere, formerly a legal policy analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), has been hired as a special adviser to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas D. Homan, according to CNN.

And the former executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Julie Kirchner, was hired as an adviser to Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), a longtime supporter of immigration reform, said the moves show the Trump administration's anti-immigrant slant.

"Opponents of legal immigration are front and center in the Trump anti-immigration Dream Team of Attorney General Sessions, and Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon in the White House," Gutierrez said in an email.

Both FAIR and CIS are listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-immigrant hate groups.

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