In the wake of Roy Moore\u2019s upset loss to Doug Jones in Alabama\u2019s special election for U.S. Senate, open borders groups have tried to make the case that Moore lost because of a pro-American stance on immigration.\u00a0 On Twitter Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us (a group that promotes a DACA-amnesty), declared \u201c@FairImmigration\u2026 fought hard for Roy Moore\u2026 And they lost.\u00a0 In Alabama.\u00a0 They just bluff and lie about their power.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFAIR did not play any role in Roy Moore\u2019s loss,\u201d says RJ Hauman FAIR\u2019s Government Relation\u2019s Director.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re a 5013c we do not endorse any candidate we do not help any candidate.\u00a0 We do not meddle in elections at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
During Moore\u2019s campaign, he focused mostly on religious liberty calling it the \u201ccivil rights issue of our time.\u201d\u00a0 Though Moore made clear he supported President Trump\u2019s planned border wall, it wasn\u2019t a central issue. \u201cImmigration was not a major factor in the Alabama campaign, Roy Moore was not known as someone out front on the immigration issue,\u201d says FAIR\u2019s President Dan Stein.\u00a0 \u201cMost of his priorities were domestic and dealt with his role as an Alabama Supreme Court Judge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to the allegations of sexual misconduct Moore faced he was seen as almost a sure win for a Republican candidate.\u00a0 President Trump won Alabama by almost 28 percentage points in 2016, and there has not been a Democrat elected to a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama in 25 years.<\/p>\n
FAIR looks forward to working with Sen. Jones who, along with other Red State Democrats, could serve as a counterbalance to the party\u2019s increasingly radical mass immigration and amnesty positions on immigration. Immigration policies that serve and protect the interests and security of the American people should be a bipartisan issue. It is clear where voters in Alabama stand on this issue, and Sen. Jones would be well-advised to listen to them, rather than Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on immigration policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a referendum on Roy Moore\u2019s moral character,\u201d says Matt O\u2019Brien Director of Research at FAIR.\u00a0 \u201cMost of the immigrant population in Alabama is educated and gainfully employed, they don\u2019t appear to be activists and this (immigration) doesn\u2019t\u2019 really appear to be have been an important issue to Alabamians in this particular campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
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