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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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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.


Target to pull controversial 'illegal alien' Halloween costume

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