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Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried)
Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried)
@robertcfried.bsky.social
1 year ago
* In January 2018, anti-immigration protesters at the Arizona state capitol confronted Arizona state Rep. Eric Descheenie, a Navajo legislator, asking if he was "legal." * The protesters also targeted other non-white lawmakers and staff, accusing them of being in the country "illegally." * Rep. Descheenie and other lawmakers, including Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley, reported being harassed and intimidated by the protesters. * The protesters were armed and visible, and some lawmakers and staff reported that they were singled out based on their skin color. * A video appears to corroborate complaints that protesters targeted non-white people, with one woman yelling at a group of young men and demanding to know their stance on immigration. * The incident highlights a rise in hate crimes and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US, with a 20% increase in hate crimes in 2016, according to a Reuters report. * #AntiImmigrantSentiment * #HateCrimes * #Racism * #ArizonaPolitics * #ImmigrationReform * #NativeAmericanRights * #RacialTensions https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-supporters-navajo-legislator-legal/

* In January 2018, anti-immigration protesters at the Arizona state capitol confronted Arizona state Rep. Eric Descheenie, a Navajo legislator, asking if he was "legal." * The protesters also targeted other non-white lawmakers and staff, accusing them of being in the country "illegally." * Rep. Descheenie and other lawmakers, including Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley, reported being harassed and intimidated by the protesters. * The protesters were armed and visible, and some lawmakers and staff reported that they were singled out based on their skin color. * A video appears to corroborate complaints that protesters targeted non-white people, with one woman yelling at a group of young men and demanding to know their stance on immigration. * The incident highlights a rise in hate crimes and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US, with a 20% increase in hate crimes in 2016, according to a Reuters report. * #AntiImmigrantSentiment * #HateCrimes * #Racism * #ArizonaPolitics * #ImmigrationReform * #NativeAmericanRights * #RacialTensions https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-supporters-navajo-legislator-legal/

* #AntiImmigrantSentiment
* #HateCrimes
* #Racism
* #ArizonaPolitics
* #ImmigrationReform
* #NativeAmericanRights
* #RacialTensions

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