Illegal Aliens Demand That Illegal Alien Halloween Costume Be Discontinued

October 17th, 2009 (8) Posted By Hardball1911.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked Target stores and a costume company to stop selling an “illegal alien” Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants.

The costume features the mask of an alien with a green card and an orange jumpsuit with “illegal alien” written across the front.

Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, wrote e-mails to Minneapolis-based Target and Wisconsin-based BuySeasons, Inc. calling the costume “distasteful, mean-spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas and current debate on immigration reform.”

The group said it also planned to send letters to other companies that are selling the costume.

Target is removing the costume from the site after receiving several complaints, company spokesman Joshua Thomas said Friday. The store never intended to sell the outfit but included it in its online offerings by mistake, he said.

An e-mail to BuySeasons, Inc. wasn’t immediately returned Friday.

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  • Steele

    According to the CHIR website, “these convey a very offensive message with an implied tone of prejudice and narrow-mindedness towards the immigrants. They criticized the people who designed the costume and regarded them as the one who are unaware of social norms and have no sensitivity towards the current controversy which is going on these days for the benefits of the immigrants and their acknowledgement.”

    Wow, didn’t know an “alien” from “another world” was so insulting. Oh wait, by using the word “benefits” does that mean money? And considering the group that that is focusing on this is based in LA, I wonder which country most of the illegal aliens/immigrants they represent?

    If they find it insulting, maybe they have a guilty complex. What’s next, banning the movie “Men in Black”?

    Since Obama told me that it was my job to help “mop up the mess”, then maybe these people need to become legal citizens, get real jobs, pay taxes, and stop living off of public funds or GTFO of the United States and go back to where they came from. Especially since most of them feel they don’t have to show allegiance to the US, and continue to show allegiance to the country they are from. And want to turn our country into their country, not wanting to see the US flag flying, but another countries. What about me, as a natural born US citizen being insulted with their beliefs and actions? Oh wait, I guess it’s not important right?

    If their country is so great, why did they leave it?

  • Steele

    BTW, you can find a picture of the costume at the link below.

    http://www.makli.com/illegal-alien-costume-0010190/

  • Tom in CO

    How about you wait in line and become a real citizens, assholes.

    • vivi libero o muori

      Amen, my grandmother came to this country in 1970 at the age of 64. She had her green card until she took her oath to America in the early 80′s. During that time, she had volunteered at a local hospital to the tune of over 5000 hours of service. Too bad we can’t get more immigrants to have that kind of ethics nowadays.

  • Minuteman01

    What a lady, Vivi. :beer:

    I think it would be funnier (and scary) to have an Immigration uniform costume.

  • Kirk

    These groups keep referring to these people as, “immigrants”, when in fact they are law breakers. They still don’t get it, illegal means illegal…

  • Xparatwoopa

    Wonder if the tag on the back of the costume says “made in Mexico”?

  • Professor Bill

    How bout someone tell them to screw off.