Photo by Voces de la Frontera
A popular I-94 truck stop engaging in promoting hate and violence against immigrants in Wisconsin through the sale of bumper stickers.
By H. Nelson Goodson
May 18, 2011
Sturtevant - On Wednesday, Robert F. Basil, the owner and president of Albas Inc., who operates the Citgo Auto Truck Stop, 611 S. Sylvania Ave. adjacent to the Iron Skillet on I-94 and Highway 20 came under fire by members of the Latino community for selling hunting permits as bumper stickers to hunt illegal immigrants. The stickers are sold for $4 to $5.00 a piece. To some the stickers are a form of speech, novelty, comical and to others it promotes hate and violence towards immigrants.
Voces de la Frontera from Milwaukee, an immigrant and workers right non-profit organization in a press release blasted Basil, including the Citgo gas truck stop for selling and helping to promote the KKK type stickers, which could be construed as advocating violence against would be customers and the community at large.
Basil could not be reached for comment on late Wednesday. An employee who answered the call said the stickers have been pulled from the shelve, but could not be confirmed. Basil has yet to release a statement that the stickers have been removed.
Citgo has at least 10 employees and generates about $2 to $6 million per year in revenues.
Voces plans to stage a protest at the Citgo truck stop at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. A caravan of vehicles from Racine will drive to the truck stop to join the manifestation against the sale of stickers deemed to promote hate and violence against immigrants.
The FBI reported that between 2003 to 2006, hate crimes against Latinos had increase by 35% in the U.S.
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A popular I-94 truck stop engaging in promoting hate and violence against immigrants in Wisconsin through the sale of bumper stickers.
By H. Nelson Goodson
May 18, 2011
Sturtevant - On Wednesday, Robert F. Basil, the owner and president of Albas Inc., who operates the Citgo Auto Truck Stop, 611 S. Sylvania Ave. adjacent to the Iron Skillet on I-94 and Highway 20 came under fire by members of the Latino community for selling hunting permits as bumper stickers to hunt illegal immigrants. The stickers are sold for $4 to $5.00 a piece. To some the stickers are a form of speech, novelty, comical and to others it promotes hate and violence towards immigrants.
Voces de la Frontera from Milwaukee, an immigrant and workers right non-profit organization in a press release blasted Basil, including the Citgo gas truck stop for selling and helping to promote the KKK type stickers, which could be construed as advocating violence against would be customers and the community at large.
Basil could not be reached for comment on late Wednesday. An employee who answered the call said the stickers have been pulled from the shelve, but could not be confirmed. Basil has yet to release a statement that the stickers have been removed.
Citgo has at least 10 employees and generates about $2 to $6 million per year in revenues.
Voces plans to stage a protest at the Citgo truck stop at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. A caravan of vehicles from Racine will drive to the truck stop to join the manifestation against the sale of stickers deemed to promote hate and violence against immigrants.
The FBI reported that between 2003 to 2006, hate crimes against Latinos had increase by 35% in the U.S.
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