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Politics

Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out

Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.

Nicholas Kulish, Mike McIntire New York Times Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Politics

The Eugenicist Doctor and the Vast Fortune Behind Trump’s Immigration Regime

On the eugenicist and the Mellon family heiress who built the anti-immigrant policy agenda that Trump is now implementing.

Brendan O'Connor Splinter Jul 2018 40min Permalink