{{Short description|American activist group}} '''Americans for Immigration Control''' is an American activist group that opposes illegal immigration to the United States. Based in Monterey, Virginia, it advocates for increasing funding to the United States Border Patrol, introducing punishments for employers that hire undocumented immigrants, and reforms to reduce legal immigration to the United States. It also opposes amnesty and birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVcDEfNxEvAC |title=Immigration and Migration |last=Bailey |first=Rayna |date=2010-06-23 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438109015 |pages=268 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zctwCgAAQBAJ |title=Illegal Immigration: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition: A Reference Handbook |last=LeMay |first=Michael C. |date=2015-09-22 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781440840135 |pages=51 |language=en}}</ref>

==Background== Founded in 1983, the group claims to have over 250,000 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.immigrationcontrol.com/ |title=Americans for Immigration Control Website |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> It promotes the "reconquista" conspiracy theory that Chicano and Mexican immigrants to the United States intend to take control of the Southwestern United States.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raS9TqUFb94C |title=Anti-immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia |last=Arnold |first=Kathleen R. |date=September 2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313375217 |pages=30 |language=en}}</ref> It is a sister group of the American Immigration Control Foundation, both of which are listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2010/05/18/fox-news-cnn-mainstream-anti-immigrant-extremis/164927 |title=Fox News, CNN mainstream anti-immigrant extremists |last=Fong |first=Jocelyn |date=2010-05-18 |website=Media Matters for America |language=en |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/active-hate-groups-2016 |title=Active Hate Groups 2016 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> As of 2007, its president was Robert Goldsborough.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9958264 |title=GOP Candidates Ready Immigration Stances |last=Pesca |first=Mike |date=2007-05-02 |website=NPR |language=en |access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website}} *{{ProPublicaNonprofitExplorer|542033919}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Americans for Immigration Control}}

Category:Non-profit organizations based in Virginia Category:American organizations established in 1983 Category:1983 establishments in Virginia Category:Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States