UPDATE:

10/19/2009

Dear  Friend,

Amazon is feeling the pressure.

On Friday night we told you that Amazon and other stores were selling "illegal alien" costumes. You acted. Over the weekend you and more than 6,000 others wrote to Amazon, Toys R Us, Target and Walgreens and told these companies that the costumes their corporations are selling were offensive and dehumanizing and you asked them to pull these items immediately off their internet site.

Some of these stores responded. By Saturday morning Target and Toys R Us no longer has the items on their sites. By Sunday morning Walgreens had the item listed as out of stock with no reorder date.

Amazon.com, however, continues to sell these extremely offensive "illegal alien" costumes, even after they were pulled by other major retailers.

We need your help to keep the pressure on and let Amazon know that this is simply unacceptable.

You've already signed our petition, but there are a few simple ways you can help us keep the pressure on Amazon:

• Spread the word, and ask your friends to join you by signing the petition to Amazon.
  
  
• Help flood Amazon.com’s offices with calls asking for these costumes to be pulled. Their Customer Service phone number is: 1-866-216-1072 and their corporate headquarters phone number is: 1-206-266-1000.
  
  
• Share this effort on Facebook and make sure your friends know you're taking a stand about this issue. It would be great if you post the below link to your wall with a comment.(http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/halloween2009)
  
  You can also post on Amazon.com's fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/amazon#/pages/Amazoncom/9465008123?ref=ts and tell them what you think of them selling these costumes.
  
  
• Sign our Twitter petition to Amazon.com, urging them to immediately pull the costumes off their internet site as a symbol of respect and good will towards their large immigrant client base. To sign, just click here, and then click the "Sign and Tweet" button. If you've never used Twitter, you can set up a new account and sign the petition at the same time! (NOTE: You may have to try a few times to get through if Twitter's web servers are busy.)

To demonstrate the harm of these costumes, I want to share a review of the mask that was on Amazon.

About time
This mask is great...I am tired of the bleeding hearts...Let’s call them what they are Illegal and Criminals!!!...There are way to many people who are waiting in line legally...They should all be deported!!

Your actions now will make a huge difference. The right wing and anti-immigration folks are embracing these costumes. According to reports, this morning, the hosts of Fox and Friends couldn't get enough of the costume. Steve Doocy exclaimed, "It's a joke! Where's your sense of humor America?" Brian Kilmeade called it "fantastic," adding, "If you're here illegally, go to your local police station and tell them how outraged you are because you're an illegal alien and this costume offends you!" They ask that you e-mail them at friends@foxnews and and answer the question is this costume funny or is it foul?

That's why we're going to keep turning up the heat until Amazon does the right thing and pulls these costumes off their internet site. A great way to keep up with the issue is to visit our facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/unitedfarmworkers, where both the UFW and are supporters are regularly posting the latest developments.

Thanks for your help on this important matter.

Jocelyn Sherman
UFW Internet Communications Director

P.S. If you've never signed a Twitter petition before, just click here and click the "Sign and Tweet" button.

Signing our Twitter petition will make a huge impact because the signatures are public. If enough of us sign, Amazon will be forced to respond! (NOTE: You may have to try a few times to get through if Twitter's web servers are busy.)

P.P.S If you're already on Twitter, once you've signed the petition you can also help us spread the word about Amazon by "tweeting" about these costumes. Make sure to use the hashtag: #ufw #immigration

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