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15 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/17/illegal.immigrant.costume/index.html?iref=mpstoryview 

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Immigrant rights activists are calling on U.S. retailers to stop selling two controversial "Illegal Alien" costumes that have surfaced for Halloween, saying the outfits are a broadside attack on illegal immigrants.
The "Illegal Alien" costume was being offered by retailers including Target, Walgreens and Amazon.com.

The "Illegal Alien" costume was being offered by retailers including Target, Walgreens and Amazon.com.
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The "Illegal Alien Adult Costume," manufactured by Forum novelties, includes an orange jumpsuit, similar to prison garb, with "Illegal Alien" stamped in black across the chest; a space alien mask; and a fake Green Card. The "Illegal Alien Mask with Hat" also includes a space alien mask, this time with a dark handlebar mustache and a baseball cap.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles said it began receiving e-mails from concerned legal immigrants on Friday. In response, CHIRLA wrote a letter asking several retailers, including Target, Walgreens, and Amazon.com, to stop offering the costume.

As of Saturday afternoon, Target had pulled the products, and some links to the costumes on other sites were no longer functional.

Target said the "Illegal Alien" costume was inadvertently uploaded to its Web site due to a data entry error.

"It is never our intent to offend the consumers with the products we offer," a company statement said.

The makers of the costumes could not be reached for comment on Saturday.

Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the director of communications for CHIRLA, said he initially thought the costume was a stab at harmless satire. But when he saw the Green Card, he realized it was an swipe at illegal immigrants.

"This was an ignorant attempt to poke fun at a small community," said Cabrera.

Political satire and Halloween often merge. Costumes depicting former well-known political figures are often seen along side those depicting Batman or Wonder Woman.

To some, the attempted humor of the costumes falls flat.

Guillermo Iglesias said both of his parents were illegal immigrants in the United States. He felt the costumes were offensive because they depicted illegal immigrants as "not one of us."

"I have a lot of illegal immigrant friends," said Iglesias. "If I showed them that costume, it would really hurt them."

Despite the controversy, some stores say the costumes have been a hit.

"It's a very well-recommended costume," said an employee at Ricky's, a costume store in New York City. The store has sold seven costumes for $39.99 apiece and is set to receive another shipment.

William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration, said he intends to buy the costume, and calls the reaction unfounded.

"The only people getting upset are the hyper-sensitive, over-politically correct, pro-amnesty, illegal alien-supporting nuts," said Gheen. "You can't attack people's freedom in this country."

"I think having a costume like that is distasteful," said Andrea Hill, outside of Ricky's. "But if it's not illegal, I think it's alright for them to sell it."



First off I'd like to say that I don't really like talking politics much but this subject irks me regardless of how I believe illegal immigrants should be treated in this country.

1. It's a ****in costume, get over it
2. You're not a legal citizen, and the people that may be offended are not legal citizens so they aren't even granted the rights of free speech to be offended
3. Free speech. The costume is a joke, it's not politically motivated so people who take offense to it are just looking for a fight.
4. Look at it. Seriously...
Dulak
15 years ago
a quote in the article ... ""This was an ignorant attempt to poke fun at a small community," said Cabrera."

Many sources quote the numbers between 12 and 20 million (most hovering around the 20 million mark of illegal immigrants in the united states). I really wouldnt consider this a small number.

I am a strong proponent of immigration reform. And I found it quite interesting how no U.S. candidate wanted to tackle the issue and it is still not being tackled.

but on a lighter side - I agree; peeps should lighten up.

One of the most hilarious costumes I have seen was 2-3 years back on halloween (water street milwaukee) - a catholic priest with a small child doll attached to his crotch area.

sometimes I cant figure out what is worse - the politcally correct right or the unabated left
Formo
15 years ago
Just goes to show how some people want zero freedom in this country in exchange for 'safety'.

Bull-effing-shit. What really pisses me off is the big retailers pulling this off their shelves, especially Target. Hey, Big Corporation, pull your damn head out your ass and stop bending over backwards for these zipper-backed ass munchers. Because you do, they keep getting bigger and bigger ledges to stand on, which infringes on the rest of the countries rights..
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gotarace
15 years ago

Just goes to show how some people want zero freedom in this country in exchange for 'safety'.

Bull-effing-shit. What really pisses me off is the big retailers pulling this off their shelves, especially Target. Hey, Big Corporation, pull your damn head out your ass and stop bending over backwards for these zipper-backed ass munchers. Because you do, they keep getting bigger and bigger ledges to stand on, which infringes on the rest of the countries rights..

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Well said formo...this country has been ran on FEAR since the 911 attacks. We need to pull our heads out of our collective ass', and get back to beleiving in what this country was build on...the love of freedom.
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zombieslayer
15 years ago
Oh for the love of God. I've seen those costumes. They're funny.

People need to stop being so politically correct and laugh every once in awhile.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
So who exactly does it piss off????
People that are here ILLEGALLY!!!
SCREW them!
Follow the law like the rest of us do, and THEN you get a say.
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Yerko
15 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That costume is friggin awesome!!!
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
Someday I will post the regulations for the requirements to obtain German citizenship. I think our country would do well to emulate these requirements.

Two of the most important rules: You MUST be in the country LEGALLY. You must NOT be on welfare or collecting unemployment.

Amen and amen.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
But the lefties say thats not "fair" to expect these people to follow the law. It's "too hard!"
Yet they suckle from the teats of our government, which is paid by WHO???
US! Thats who.
It will never change.
Just like all the places that have signs and paperwork in both english and Spanish. If you are going to live here, LEARN THE DAMN LANGUAGE.
Uh oh......I'm not being "politically correct!"
If I went to live in a foreign land, i would EXPECT to make myself learn the language of the country i moved too. But thats just me i guess.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
Oh, yes, that's another requirement of German citizenship. You must be proficient in the German language.
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