Conservative media outlets stoke fears that gypsies are coming to America and.....

Several examples of RW news--ie. alex jones, tucker. etc are given in this article




Conservative media outlets stoke fears that “gypsies” are coming to America and defecating in the streets


https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/07/18/conservative-media-outlets-stoke-fears-gypsies-are-coming-america-and-defecating-streets/217302

July 18, 2017 9:43 PM EDT ››› BRENDAN KARET


Right-wing media outlets are using a local story about a community of 40 Roma seeking asylum in California, Pennsylvania to fearmonger about immigration by hyping claims the Roma are beheading chickens and defecating in public.


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on community of 40 Roma seeking asylum in Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Romanians seeking asylum are in California, Pa. as part of U.S. Immigration program.” On July 14, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on a community of 40 Roma immigrants in California, Pennsylvania, who “said they came to America to escape persecution in their Bucharest-area homes,” and “have been processed through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and have been released as part of the government’s Alternative to Detention program.” The local city council in the small city said they had no warning that the immigrants would be coming to their town, but noted that “there have been no instances of violence or aggression, and the immigrants involved in minor infractions have been duly cited and paid their fines”:




Most of the 40 or so Romanians who have moved to this community in the past two months do not speak English well, if at all. They do not know American customs and are unfamiliar with codes of conduct.

And they had no idea that their sudden arrival would upset so many of the residents of this small town 35 miles south of Pittsburgh.

More than 150 residents packed California borough council's municipal meeting room Thursday evening to voice concerns about the influx of the Romanian refugees.

The Romanians, who said they came to America to escape persecution in their Bucharest-area homes, have been processed through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and have been released as part of the government’s Alternative to Detention program, which monitors flight from other nations. They are members of the group known as Roma, or gypsies, and are distinct from ethnic Romanians. Roma are minorities in many European states and often face prejudice and discrimination.'

The federal program allows the immigrants find temporary homes, a cheaper and more humane alternative to keeping them in detention.

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Angry residents at Thursday’s meeting said the newcomers throw trash around, park their cars in yards, disobey traffic rules, and are disruptive in markets. Others said that they’ve seen Romanians killing chickens and children defecating in public.

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Council members, the borough administrator and police Chief Richard Encapera said they had no warning that the immigrants were coming and have had difficulty contacting federal authorities for assistance and explanations.

But they also said there have been no instances of violence or aggression, and the immigrants involved in minor infractions have been duly cited and paid their fines. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/18/17]
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