* In 2009, AV joined such progressive stalwarts as Media Matters for America, the National Council of La Raza, and the Southern Poverty Law Center as a central player in the “Drop Dobbs” campaign which sought to remove CNN personality Lou Dobbs from that network’s airwaves. Specifically, AV condemned Dobbs—an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration—for his “anti-immigrant extremism.” When Dobbs eventually left his nightly news show in November 2009, AV proudly claimed credit for having helped force the move.