Tea Party Group: Send Us Scary Immigrant Stories

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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 at 12:37 pm

Tea Party Nation sent out a message to its members asking for stories about “The Horrors of Illegal Immigration” in a push to round up stories about illegal immigrants who have committed crimes or taken jobs from American workers.

Talking Points Memo quotes the site’s message to members:

If have been the victim of a crime by an illegal, or if your business has gone under because your competition uses illegals, or if you have lost your job to illegals, we want to know about it.

If you have photos and videos of illegals or their supporters doing outrageous things (like burning the American flag or putting the Mexican flag above ours, or showing racist posters), please share those as well. We need to get the true story out about illegal immigration and we need your help to do it.

Stories of violent, dangerous illegal immigrants have long been part of the push for harsher immigration enforcement. Congressman Ted Poe (R-Tex.) issued a press release yesterday discussing a fatal drunk driving accident allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant — an incident he said proves the need for tougher border security. If immigrants crossed the border illegally, enforcement advocates argue, they’re likely to break other laws once they’re here.

Of course, some illegal immigrants do commit crimes. But pro-immigrant groups have pushed back against claims that all illegal immigrants are dangerous. Instead, they argue, most simply want to find better economic opportunities and live peacefully in the U.S.

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strangely_enough
Comment posted August 4, 2010 @ 9:27 pm

The Tea Party is asking for images of “racist posters”? Self awareness still not a strong suit of theirs…


monkey99
Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 4:52 am

Yeah, gin up more fear and hate.

It's all they can do….Like the worthless Republican message.


Tina hardin
Comment posted August 7, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

awareness and documentation is not creating a thing get over yourself .if it is out there show it !!!!! our community is falling fast to the not good element of illegal immigration. my tax dollars support illegal and unproductive non citizens while hard working taxpayers are being denied needed services. yet my law enforcement has a policy of sending illegals who are lawbreakers to another county because it is difficult to process these criminals. call your local police department and inquire on their policies. and if you see unpermitted work being done in your neighborhood you can call inspection services and they will require their permit just like we have to show ours


Sean
Comment posted August 10, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

In contradiction to secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, the enforcement approach of Arizona SB-1070 law will create monumental chaos around the Nation if it is replicated by other states. Our domestic tranquility as citizens will be lost and the states will spend more in lawsuits and law enforcement misdirection resources at the cost of our safety. Don’t let Arizona’s Nazi Socialist Corrupted Politicians pursue their fascist agenda, no joke or satire here, because there is an actual Nazi Socialist Movement (NSM) currently infiltrated in the Arizona’s Government and look for Senator Pierce Russel the Politian behind the defeated Arizona SB-1070 fascist law who was found associated with a NSM gang member, please take a look of the breaking news at the Huffington Post. Moreover, take a look of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer political career, she is not an elected official she was appointed so she is using SB-1070 law as a Political tool for the next elections.

In the other hand we have Glenn Beck political commentator of Fox News who is the mastermind behind malevolent propaganda used by the Tea Party. Glenn Beck, a personality media with a history of illicit drugs addiction, is being rewarded for his subversive political lampoon at the cost of the welfare of all Americans as it is estimated that this media personality is making 26 Millions a year for his seditious fixation for the Tea Party being the first in suggesting phony swastika and communist references to demonize the current administration pursuing his own financial gain but now his tactics are backfiring at him because of the existence of a real Nazi Socialist Movement behind Arizona SB-1070 law.

We shall stop the Nazi Socialist ideological establishments advocated by some Arizona Politicians and the seditious political lampoon from the Glenn Beck show disseminate like decease we will lose our prosperity by losing our values as Americans if the Nazi Socialist NSM fanatics or those enriching themselves spreading malicious misinformation are successful in sabotaging the immigration reform effort.


elizabethinsf
Comment posted September 30, 2010 @ 10:48 pm

That's more than a bit dismissive, insisting that the 'teapartiers' are asking for 'horror stories' about immigrants, when in fact, those “stories” are real people who have been really harmed. Like that women in Wisconsin, gangraped and set on fire . .. what does it take for you to care? If you, your child, is tortured, raped, killed? Sorry, but the myth that illegals are hardworking and just need a good future for their children is bollocks. If they were hardworking and wanted a better life, they could stay and work to improve their own nations, rather than leeching off the stupidity of Americans.


elizabethinsf
Comment posted September 30, 2010 @ 10:49 pm

Oops, you just invoked Naziism, and thus, you lose. Godwin's Law will be obeyed. Thanks for proving that the advocates of illegals are crazier than bats on acid and have no concept of equality, fairness, or common sense.


elizabethinsf
Comment posted September 30, 2010 @ 10:51 pm

Sweetcheeks, I predict your “progressiveness” will evaporate the day when you, someone you care about, is harmed by an illegal. Don't think it will? Hubris has a way with catching up with the deliberately ignorant and willfully stupid.


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