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The Mississippi lawmaker who today introduced anti-immigrant legislation modeled after Alabama鈥檚 disastrous HB 56 is a member of a network of legislators that has embraced a raft of beliefs and conspiracy theories that currently animate radical-right extremists.

Rep. Becky Currie is one of about 65 members of , or SLLI, in 40 states. SLLI was founded in 2007 by Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, an anti-immigrant hardliner who has written on SLLI鈥檚 website that 鈥渢he personal and economic safety鈥� of all Americans is threatened by 鈥渢he ongoing invasion of illegal aliens.鈥� He has 聽compared the situation to that facing the colonies during the American Revolution.

SLLI鈥檚 members have promoted conspiracy theories about supposed government concentration camps and a coming one-world government, as well as false claims that President Obama is a foreigner and a Muslim. Some have described undocumented immigrants in vicious terms 鈥� as 鈥渋nvaders鈥� or as a 鈥減oison.鈥�

SLLI highlights the fact that it has a 鈥渨orking partnership鈥� with the (FAIR), which has been listed as a hate group by the 人兽性交 since 2007 for its white nationalist agenda and ties to racist groups. FAIR lawyers draft much of the anti-immigrant legislation pushed by SLLI members. FAIR鈥檚 demonizing propaganda, aimed primarily at Latinos and often Catholics; its ties to other hate groups and its hiring of their members; and its push for laws promoting racial discord all have been instrumental in fostering the anti-immigrant backlash that has swept the nation.

FAIR lawyer , who also serves as Kansas鈥� secretary of state, has authored many of the anti-immigrant proposals put forward by SLLI members. Kobach also wrote laws for several small communities, including Hazelton, Pa., and Farmer鈥檚 Branch, Texas, that fostered racial strife in those communities, harmed their economies and left them saddled with substantial legal bills.

Kobach is also the author of Alabama鈥檚 HB 56, which has created a . Children have been removed from school and denied access to food stamps, and countless immigrants have lost access to various government services such as water.

The law created by Kobach and FAIR law has devastated Alabama鈥檚 economy. A recent estimates that the law will shrink the state鈥檚 economy by $2.3 billion to $10.8 billion 鈥� and the state stands to lose up to $265 million in income and sales tax revenue. Farmers have watched their crops rot in the fields as farmworkers 鈥� regardless of immigration status 鈥� have left the state rather than live under the law. Alabama鈥檚 business reputation also suffered after police detained foreign employees of Mercedes-Benz and Honda who were in the country legally. Mercedes and Honda are two major employers in Alabama.

Alabama has already made the mistake of passing HB 56, which many legislators now acknowledge needs major revisions. Does Mississippi really want to follow Alabama down this disastrous path?