FWD.us, a pro-immigration reform group backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, has launched an ad campaign against Rep. Steve King (R-IA) accusing him of “attacks on American soldiers and the military.”
The ad features comments by King made during a Breitbart News interview saying he would oppose any efforts allowing illegal immigrants brought to the country as children to gain permanent residency through military service.
“As soon as they raise their hand and say ‘I’m unlawfully present in the United States,’ we’re not going to take your oath into the military, but we’re going to take your deposition and we have a bus for you to Tijuana.”
Time reports Todd Schulte, the executive director of Fwd.us, as saying:
“Rep. Steve King and his anti-immigrant allies want to deport over 11 million people, and by claiming ‘I think [Congress] blows up’ if a military DREAMer provision is even considered, he demonstrates that they’re willing to use threats over Congressional procedure to block every conceivable path to even the least controversial aspects of immigration reform.
“He compares allowing DREAMers willing to lay their lives on the line for our country to earn citizenship to giving out candy. He says those who stand up and volunteer to serve should be put on a bus and deported to Tijuana. King’s comments are an insult to immigrants as well as to the commitment and sacrifices that U.S. service members and veterans make every day. It’s just plain wrong that Steve King’s fear-mongering voice is one of those dominating the immigration debate.”
You can watch the ad, below.
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