Restaurant Owner Targeted Because Of His Perceived Opposition To Alabama’s Immigration Law #P2 #TCOT

Steve Dubrinsky speaks outside his restaurant, which people discussed boycotting.

A restaurant owner in Birmingham, Alabama knew he had a problem after Alabama's extreme immigration lawwent into effect. All nine of Steve Dubrinsky's kitchen workers at his Jewish deli were legal immigrants, yet several of them have told Dubrinsky that he should hire people to replace them because they're leaving with undocumented relatives or simply do not feel safe. He spoke to the Birmingham News about his sudden employment issue. "They are scared and I can't blame them," he said to the paper about his employees. "It is affecting a lot of restaurants. It's a mess."

Then his problems got worse. On the morning the newspaper published his quote, Dubrinsky heard a local radio host talking about if people should boycott his deli because of his sympathetic comments. An anti-immigrant website picked up the article, and Dubrinsky told the Huffington Post he was suddenly receiving hateful emails:

One reads: "well u can bet your ass that i will never eat in your resturant agian and will tell everybody i know what kind of person you are for suporting those dam wetback that are ruining our country."

Another: "if you cant keep the doors open and employ legal people then it is time to close."

And another: "I hope your unamerican establishment closes down!!!!"

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/21/350110/restaurant-owner-targeted-because-of-his-perceived-opposition-to-alabamas-immigration-law/