An immigration controversy has erupted on Facebook. Click the link to “Take Nativist Peter Thiel Off Facebook’s Board of Directors. Here is a post raising the issue:
“Valleywag is reporting that Peter Thiel, who sits on Facebook’s Board of Directors and is one of Facebook’s biggest investors, donated $1 million to the anti-migrant group, NumbersUSA. Though NumbersUSA (http://www.numbersusa.com/) tries to cloak itself in tolerance for migrants, do not be fooled. Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, used to be the Washington editor for the Social Contract Press, a publishing company which the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a hate group. . . . One of NumbersUSA’s only policy solutions for unauthorized migration is what they call “attrition through enforcement.” Anti-migrant groups, knowing they can’t deport 12 million unauthorized migrants, have instead decided the best policy position is to make life so miserable for them, they leave on their own. They want to recreate worse than majority world conditions right here in the U.S. They want to make life for unauthorized migrants in the U.S. “more miserable than life in…rural Guatemala or the slums of Mexico City.” Another source has denied Peter Thiel donated $1 million, but one of his close associates, Rob Morrow, has donated $1000 to NumbersUSA. Also, Peter Thiel has co-authored a book, “The Diversity Myth,” which argues “multiculturalism” is being used to promote intolerance on campuses: Hold Peter Thiel accountable. Either make him denounce NumbersUSA, or leave Facebook’s Board of Directors. Join this group! Once you join, block your facebook ads! Until either Peter Thiel publicly denounces NumbersUSA or is removed from the Facebook board of directors, members of this group should opt-out of social ads . . . .”
KJ
