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Immigration group drives billboard through Twin Cities
Published Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Minnesota Coalition for Immigration Reduction rented a 17-foot mobile billboard that is being driven down the streets of St. Paul and Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention.
The billboard reads: “Deport illegals, secure our borders, save America.”
The coalition started in Albert Lea but now has 31 chapters in Minnesota and one in Iowa. The largest chapter is in Owatonna. The organization opposes illegal immigration and seeks policies that don’t allow people to break laws to enter the United States. Its members have been known to make prejudicial comments on Hispanic people.
Minnesota Coalition for Immigration Reduction also is handing out literature on U.S. population growth, the environment and immigration. The group this summer in southern Minnesota had signs in many parades and flew banners over many big events such as fairs. It purchased a billboard for state political party conventions in Rochester in late May and early June.
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Posted by purduekelli (anonymous) on September 2, 2008 at 5:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am extremely liberal and understand the meaning of illegal. I don't think that anybody will be able to simply find a cure to the 12 million and GROWING illegal immigrant population. Instead, I believe our politicians and congress could work towards benefiting Americans by putting illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship that would force them to pay taxes (as the rest of us are SUPPOSED to do), contribute to Social Security and abide by the laws of our country. I think attempting to deport them could potentially waste millions of taxpayers dollars - and we all know how wasteful our country already is!
Posted by the_truth (anonymous) on September 2, 2008 at 6:07 p.m.
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Posted by LadyM (anonymous) on September 2, 2008 at 6:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
There will be no amnesty, or path to citizenship. That is a liberal dream that the American citizens will never allow to happen. All illegal's must leave or be deported!
If they want to apply to come here legally then they will gladly be accepted. But until they do come legally, they are not welcome and we will do everything in our power to see them ejected as the invaders that they are!
Posted by stickfigure (anonymous) on September 2, 2008 at 8:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We need to quit wasting our tax dollars on supporting illegal imigrants, no matter where they came from. We, the American citizens, pay taxes and they reap the benefits. Whats wrong with this picture??? If you want to live in America, then come here LEGALLY!!!
Posted by the_truth (anonymous) on September 2, 2008 at 11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian, are you trying to sound like foghorn leghorn, I say foghorn leghorn?
Posted by scurvydog (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 7:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
the_thruth, that has got to be the funniest comment I have ever read on this forum! Well played!
Posted by Readmore (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A little history: "All colors and kinds of immigrants have historically been the subject of violent and bigoted campaigns, targeted by so-called Nativists who demand that their arrivals cease. These range from the Know Nothings whose main efforts focused on keeping out Irish and other Catholic immigrants, to the anti-German agitation that peaked in the 1870-1920 period, followed by the anti-Asian campaigns that flourished between 1880 and 1924. The latter were notable for the appearance, for the first time, of an effort not merely to prevent their arrival but to actively deport those already here, accompanied by the requisite eliminationist action, including violent massacres and concentration camps. The same impulse lives on today in the agitation against Latino immigration, which has proved to be a major bridge for extremists to expand their reach into the mainstream of American discourse." - David Neiwert
Posted by albertlea1 (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 5:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Let’s look at some facts concerning illegal immigration in this country. According to the American Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR), 18% of illegal immigrants fall below the poverty compared to 11% of native born Americans, and they are twice as likely to try to obtain some form of taxpayer based assistance. Did you realized that between $11 billion and $22 billion dollars is spent by state governments annually to provide aid to immigrants? That’s our hard earned tax money NOT at work, at least for us. Approximately $2 billion a year is spent on WIC, food stamps, school lunches and the like. $2.5 billion is spent on Medicaid for illegals, while $17 billion is spent on “anchor babies”; that is, babies born in the States to mothers here illegally. Thus the child is automatically a US citizen, and “mom” gets to stay here, in large part at your expense, as the caretaker.
Posted by purduekelli (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 7:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian: I have common sense...and I'm an extreme liberal.
Obama in 08. Need I say more. Don't tell me the reasons he WON'T get into office - they are mere compared to the reasons he WILL be our next President.
My vote is NOT a waste...maybe you should try applying some of your own common sense in what you say and the views you portray!
Posted by rdubb (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 7:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I second the_truth's comment about foghorn leghorn. Someone may want to tell Virginian that repeating oneself only works in speaking, not in writing. Something to do with voice inflection, I guess. Funny stuff.
Posted by tmfresh (anonymous) on September 3, 2008 at 10:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bla bla bla
Posted by metisman (anonymous) on September 4, 2008 at 1:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We've been invaded, folks. This is a war. Send all illegals back home. Repeal the anchor baby rule.
I don't care how much it costs, it's money well spent. Spend a few billion now or expect to pay TRILLIONS later.
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