Outrage after taco restaurant gives employees “How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant” t-shirts

NBCLATINO/NBCNews.com‎ ^ | 01/08/2013 | Adrian Carrasquillo and Telemundo's Maria Camila Bernal

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Taco Cid, a South Carolina Mexican eatery, has caused controversy after encouraging employees to wear “How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant” t-shirts. The shirt features a box trap with a stick and two tacos meant to lure undocumented immigrants. Latino organizations have responded calling the shirts offensive.

“Of course it’s offensive, it’s meant to be,” says Lisa Navarette, advisor to the president at the National Council of La Raza. “This is simply a failing business trolling for attention. We would recommend people not patronize this place. Sure, because of this insult but really due to the fact that a restaurant this clueless about the Latino community can’t possibly make a decent taco.”

Navarette’s reference to Taco Cid as a failed business, likely comes because it is the only remaining Taco Cid in South Carolina. The rest have been closed. It is also a one-star restaurant on Yelp.com, but most of the reviews have come after this controversy unfolded.

[BerryDingle]

Replace the two tacos with a EBT card and a Welfare check and you have the situation in California...

Obama ran a public service ad on TV in Mexico on how to sign up for those things once you get in the U.S. But that's not offensive I guess.

[re_nortex]

Also from South Carolina is South of the Border near the state line on I-95 not far from North Carolina:

I'm not sure if it's still around since the Obama regime may have shut it down because it's so insensitive. I always enjoyed driving down I-95 and seeing the signs since they were so politically incorrect...and funny.

[bunkerhill7]

[uncommonsense]

I laughed when I read the description of the t-shirt. Why be "offended" if you're not illegal? I'm half Polish. Tell me an ethnic group that's the butt of more jokes... Frankly, I swap the word Polish with Aggie and retell the joke... ;-)

[Moose4]

This makes me miss living in Columbia. If this place is where I think it is along Charleston Highway in West Columbia, it’s very close to Maurice Bessinger’s flagship Piggie Park BBQ place. Maurice still flies Confederate flags from the flagpoles at his restaurants and is probably the least politically correct guy you’ll ever find.

God bless South Carolina. I love it.

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[manic4organic]

When I was a kid, the Latinos/Hispanics/Whatevers were so opposed to the Frito Bandito character that Frito-Lay got rid of him.

[Texan5]

Well, this hispanic freeper is not offended, is LHAO and wants a T-shirt, so shove it, La Raza. Besides, you can’t defend a “race (raza)” that does not exist-hispanics are an ethnic group, not a race, idiots...

[re_nortex]

I'm half Polish. Tell me an ethnic group that's the butt of more jokes.

Anymore, it's the White Christian Southerner that gets mercilessly vilified not only with jokes but with pure seething hatred. While not an ethnicity as such, it does represent an easily-identified group for the left to attack without consequences. So far.

[Gasshog]

99% of the comments are left by lefty loons who dont live anywhere near the joint but say the food tastes bad. Yeah, these are “reviews” you can trust.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping Moose4. IMHO, Maurice's BBQ has gone downhill a little lately. Still have good BBQ.

Gotta love the humor of Taco Cid.

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[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping Moose4. IMHO, Maurice's BBQ has gone downhill a little lately. Still have good BBQ.

Gotta love the humor of Taco Cid.

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[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping Moose4. IMHO, Maurice's BBQ has gone downhill a little lately. Still have good BBQ.

Gotta love the humor of Taco Cid.

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[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Not to mention a lot of Polish jokes got a new lease on life as blonde jokes. (Full disclosure: I’m neither Polish nor blonde.)

[dalereed]

I think it’s great!!!!

Hope it makes him a million!!!!

[Sacajaweau]

Free speech !!

[TADSLOS]

I’d like to see the version where the bait is a social security card, drivers license and an EBT card.

[dearolddad]

I’m in NC. Where can I get one of these shirts?

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Anymore, it's the White Christian Southerner that gets mercilessly vilified not only with jokes but with pure seething hatred.

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You might be a redneck if you are the only one not offended by a racist joke./Jeff Foxworthy Drawl

[whitedog57]

Haha! I want one!

Obama won’t do it.

[KGeorge]

hmmm I think you’re onto something here, GraceG. (not joking)

You know, I strikes me that the left *relishes* putting their deviances into everyone’s faces (OWS, “gay pride”, NOW, “choice”), but traditionalists (& many conservatives) are put on the defensive by their warped accusations.
We need to stop that & be openly proud of our American values without fear of “offending” anyone. It is past time to push back.