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The departure from CNN of resident immigrant-basher last November had echoes all over the political spectrum 鈥� including from a number of one-time cheerleaders who angrily denounced him for betraying their cause.

The hubbub dates to Dobbs鈥� resignation from his job as anchor of 鈥淟ou Dobbs Tonight鈥� following months of pressure from groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), on the cable network to dump him. That pressure picked up last summer, when Dobbs seemed to endorse racist 鈥渂irther鈥� theories about Barack Obama鈥檚 non-eligibility to serve as president. It was then that 人兽性交 officials , and many others followed.

Roberto Lovato, a member of Presente.org, one of the groups formed late last year to coordinate the campaign to oust Dobbs, was delighted. 鈥淲e are thrilled that Dobbs no longer has this legitimate platform from which to incite fear and hate,鈥� he said. And Eric Burns, president of the watchdog group Media Matters for America, declared it 鈥渁 happy day for all those who care about this nation of immigrants and believe in the power of media to elevate the political discourse.鈥�

Then came an even more surprising development.

Nine days after his resignation, Dobbs to an American Spanish-language television network, Telemundo. Shocking allies on the far right who saw him as a hero in their battle against 鈥渋llegal aliens,鈥� Dobbs told his interviewer that 鈥渨e need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions.鈥� On his own show, Dobbs had never sounded so moderate.

William Gheen, president of the nativist extremist group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, . 鈥淚 am hurt, dismayed, angry, sad, exasperated, red faced, embarrassed and more after seeing this video,鈥� he said.

Gheen鈥檚 North Carolina-based organization had already received pledges of more than $672,165 from Dobbs fans for a contemplated 2012 presidential run. On his group鈥檚 website, Gheen urged his members to view the Telemundo interview and respond to an online survey about Dobbs鈥� comments. More than two-thirds of the 1,987 respondents said they were 鈥渄isappointed,鈥� 鈥渦pset鈥� or 鈥渧ery upset鈥� with their former hero. As a result, Gheen withdrew his group鈥檚 support from Dobbs.

Then, in early January, Dobbs made it worse, appearing on FOX News鈥� 鈥淭he O鈥橰eilly Factor鈥� and again saying things that nativist hard-liners took as a double-cross. Glenn Spencer of the anti-immigrant hate group American Border Patrol said that Dobbs had 鈥渟old his country down the river鈥� and, along with show host Bill O鈥橰eilly, was 鈥渁 sellout.鈥� In fact, Spencer seemed to equate the gravity of Dobbs鈥� offense with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The date of Dobbs鈥� appearance on O鈥橰eilly鈥檚 show, Spencer wrote, is 鈥渁 date that will live in infamy.鈥�