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Hatewatch Headlines 4/13/2017

Immigration hardliners win key federal agency spots; Deportation force buildup in high gear; Shooter at UW Milo speech faces felony charges; and more.

CNN Politics: Hard-line anti-immigration advocates hired at two key federal agencies.

Washington Post: Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force.

Mother Jones: What Jeff Sessions’ days as a prosecutor in Alabama portend for his ‘war on crime.’

Think Progress: Chances are high that if you’re abused in immigration detention, no one will care.

Media Matters: White nationalists and neo-Nazis use Sean Spicer’s Hitler comments to validate Holocaust conspiracy theories, attack Jews.

Seattle Times: UW police seek felony assault charges against alleged shooter at Milo Yiannopoulos speech protest.

Associated Press: Dylann Roof feared mental evaluations might keep him out of government job if white nationalists won.

Electablog: Anti-LGBT activists knocked down by Michigan court in effort to dismantle anti-discrimination ordinance.

Raw Story: North Carolina legislator claims Lincoln was a ‘tyrant’ like Hitler for ending slavery.

Phoenix New Times: Ex-Sheriff Arpaio’s attorneys score a delay in his criminal contempt trial.

AL.com: Students ask Auburn University for stronger stance against ‘White Student Union.’

Wall of Separation: Florida fundamentalist group spams federal judges hearing Muslim ban case.

KHOU-TV (Houston, TX): Aryan Brotherhood member makes it onto Texas Top 10 Most Wanted list.

Right Wing Watch: North Carolina bill to defy Supreme Court on marriage reflects broader nullification strategy.

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