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Nitram

(22,861 posts)
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 02:39 PM Jun 2017

Norton calls on FBI to investigate fake fliers targeting immigrants in District

Source: Washington Post

The District’s representative to Congress called on the FBI on Friday to investigate fake fliers purporting to be from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that were found in the city and warned against supporting those who are in the country illegally.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), the city’s nonvoting representative, wrote to the FBI director that she believes two laws were broken — one that prohibits pretending to be a federal law enforcement officer, and another that makes it illegal to forge the seal of a federal agency.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/norton-calls-on-fbi-to-investigate-fake-fliers-targeting-immigrants-in-district/2017/06/02/aca623d8-47bc-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.1633e16bf6b1



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Norton calls on FBI to investigate fake fliers targeting immigrants in District (Original Post) Nitram Jun 2017 OP
That's a type of terrorism and a crime. FU Republicans for giving your rabid, hateful fans Sunlei Jun 2017 #1
This is the type of thing they also do at election time BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #2

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
1. That's a type of terrorism and a crime. FU Republicans for giving your rabid, hateful fans
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 02:54 PM
Jun 2017

human targets to terrorize.

BumRushDaShow

(129,391 posts)
2. This is the type of thing they also do at election time
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:25 PM
Jun 2017
targeting Hispanics and claiming it is illegal for "immigrants" to vote or mailing out fake "Voter Information" with incorrect election dates or polling sites.

They have been doing this sort of thing for a long time.
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