"Illegal Alien" Halloween costume sparks ire

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 16, 2009

[artichokegrower]

LOS ANGELES, (AP) --

A Southern California immigrant rights group has asked Target stores to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it says is offensive to immigrants.

[artichokegrower]

So it's ok to dress up like a nun and mock Catholicism in San Francisco but you can't make fun of illegal aliens. Go figure.

[gwilhelm56]

It doesn’t make fun of Immigrants... it makes FUN OF CRIMINALS.. so BRING IT ON!!!

[VR-21]

I’ll give a five dollar bill to any kid who shows up on my doorstep in one.

[tioga]

that costume would be great- just put him in cuffs and pair it up with a Sherrif Arapaio costume

[Julia H.]

Sparking ire is the surest sign of a successful Halloween costume.

[garyhope]

Illegal aliens are offensive to me. Gang culture is offensive to me. People who can’t or won’t learn or speak English in this country are offensive to me.

People who don’t assimilate into the most free, productive, generous and successful country in the world offend me.

It’s a two way street.

[angkor]

[2111USMC]

Where do ya live?

:)

[DemforBush]

Here's a pic of the costume. Stinkin' hilarious, if you ask me.

[antidemoncrat]

Lord help us if anyone ever offends a criminal. They have rights you know. Don’t you wish you had some?

[DemforBush]

Ah, ya beat me to it. :-)

[gwilhelm56]

not making fun of Immigrants... making fun of CRIMINALS>.. BRING IT ON

[artichokegrower]

No if he shows up on your doorstep you are going to have to give him free health care, Section 8 housing, food stamps, free education for his kids, a motor voter registration card and a lawyer. Kind of hard to fit it in his bag.

[dalereed]

The head should be onme of obama!!!!

[WellyP]

Illegal Aliens Have NO RIGHTS. Throw their asses OUT!

[VR-21]

I said kid, jarhead. Payday's next week. :)

[gwilhelm56]

get rid of the GREEN CARD, and Replace the ALIEN MASK with a full head OBAMA MASK... then let’s see HISSY FITS

[LibFreeOrDie]

[2111USMC]

That’s a great idea!

(Wonder how many razor blades would end up in your Halloween treats..)

[Lauren BaRecall]

Illegal aliens SHOULD have a stigma! If they went back home, then, *poof*, the stigma would be gone!

BTW, I was very offended by the rice and beans that someone threw up in my front yard. This really happened!

[gwilhelm56]

my car got keyed TWICE, just for a W sticker... they wouldn’t bother putting the blades in the candy.. They’d totally “BYPASS the MIDDLEMAN”. but I’d take a FEW of ‘em with me..

[repubpub]

What’s your address, I have a van full of kids that would take you up on that.

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[50mm]

Ping to post 23.

[Freddd]

Hehehehe.

[freekitty]

They can always go back to their own country.

[spectre]

Swell. Does it say “Home Depot” on the back?

[Magic Fingers]

DAMN STRAIGHT.

[gitmo]

They could start selling undocumented worker costumes.

[Frank_2001]

“Illegal aliens are offensive to me. Gang culture is offensive to me. People who can’t or won’t learn or speak English in this country are offensive to me.

People who don’t assimilate into the most free, productive, generous and successful country in the world offend me.”

EXACTLY!

[Lizavetta]

I seem to remember a school where for Halloween some students came as illegal aliens. They showed up with leaf blowers.

That's some funny sh*t right there.

[holyscroller]

There will be a few million GENUINE Illegal Alien outfits out on Hallowween evening. They will be blue jeans with a dirty T shirt and a baseball cap on backward.

[MaxMax]

Good grief, Illegals are not Immigrants.

[JakeSladder]

Obama Motors will give them a Chevy to haul their free stuff around...

[Birdsbane]

I imagine that dressing as Santa for Halloween would also receive similar dissing?

[RckyRaCoCo]

that’s hilarious

[Republic Rocker]

“Illegal” outrages “Immigrants”... it should not if they are legal immigrants. This again is a ridiculous statement.

[shiva]

With what ‘rights’ do they DEMAND the costumes not be sold in an American store?

[Tennessee Nana]

A Southern California immigrant rights group has asked Target stores to stop selling an “illegal alien” Halloween costume it says is offensive to immigrants.
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Now that is a scary costume...

And as an immigrant...

I am not offended...

Someone has been lying about me again...

[CAluvdubya]

LOLOLOLOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard of in a loooong time!

I didn't know what to wear to a party and now.......perfection!

[GOPJ]

So it's ok to dress up like a nun and mock Catholicism in San Francisco but you can't make fun of illegal aliens. Go figure.

Anyone can bash any conservative or Christian group - but NO DEM VICTIM groups can be made fun of - they're sacred.

[muawiyah]

You can be an illegal alien or you can be an immigrant, but you don't need an immigration visa for the former but you do for the latter.

No idea why an "immigrant rights" organization would get all huffy about non-immigrants.

I think they really mean "people of a certain skin color who speak Spanish as a first language" and nothing more than that ~ kind of like they've been profiling people or something.

[LiberaMa]

This “ILLEGAL ALIEN” costume idea is hilarious! (But shouldn’t they be wearing the Sheriff Joe style of Illegal Alien Costume, with pink underwear and the black & white horizontal striped jail suits?!)

Too bad Target has buckled under pressures & complaints and will stop selling the ORANGE illegal alien costumes. We need to AT LEAST be able to JOKE & LAUGH AT & MAKE FUN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, while we wait for the Cowards-in-Chief to DO SOMETHING TO SEND THEM HOME!

BTW, every American should be harrassing their Senators & Representatives for “NO AMNESTY” or we’ll end up with millions of newly legitimized ALIENS who will soon be VOTING and we all know where THAT will take us!!!
:-(((

[McGarrett]

This reminds me of the Phil Collins/Genesis song of the mid-1980’s ‘...it’s no fun being an “Illegal Alien.”’ I liked the song and thought the video was pretty funny too. You’ll note that NOBODY plays that one on the oldies stations. LOL

[Bean Counter]

Perfect! Just perfect!!

[GodfearingTexan]

who cares if someone finds it insulting. im glad. all the more reason to GO BUY ONE, which is what im going to do first thing in the morning.

[6SJ7]

¡Si Habla Ferengi!

[Yaelle]

Santa will be giving out candies at my house this Halloween!

[Yaelle]

I do not think you people realize your insensitivity. I, for one, would NEVER wear such a hideous orange jumpsuit. Nor is my complexion so sallow. That rendition looks nothing like me and it is highly offensive.

[GodfearingTexan]

correction: i just ordered one online from meijer or something. 12 bucks cheaper.