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Immigration Web site sells for $320

Owner says he expected more interest in auction

By LAURA B. MARTINEZ
The Brownsville Herald

July 6, 2005 - An anti-illegal immigration Web site garnered $320 on
an eBay auction, but its implications were much bigger than net sale,
according to the Web site founder.

Stopillegalimmigration.com was purchased on eBay by an individual or
group of individuals known as "corporatemagic2" on July 1.

The Web site, however, produced enough traffic to shed light on the
issue of illegal immigration in the United States, said Los An-geles
businessman Adam Christing, who founded the Web site.

"I think that was definitely accomplished. I think we did over 15
radio and newspapers interviews across the country," he said.

The 40-year-old placed the Web site on a 10-day auction to bring
attention to the immigration issue. The Web site netted eight bids
during its sale time.

The first bid came in at $250 on June 26. The final bid came in Friday
at $320.

The auction ended Monday.

Christing thought the Web site would sell for more due to the interest
in illegal immigration throughout the United States.

He said the low bids may be attributed to individuals having a problem
locating the Web site sale on eBay.

Twenty percent of the Web site sale will go to the Americans for Legal
Immigration group, whose platform supports legal immi-gration, but is
against amnesty, visa expansion or guest worker programs "designed to
reward undo***ented immigrants or legal-ize their presence in the
U.S."

In a previous interview, Christing said he chose the group to receive
the proceeds because he agrees with the group's four-point platform
to address the illegal immigration problem.

The group stands for securing the borders; against giving taxpayer
benefits and incentives to undo***ented immigrants; crack-ing down on
employers who intentionally hire illegals; and enforcing existing
immigration laws when undo***ented immigrants are arrested for crimes.

According to U.S Customs and Border Protection, 1.14 million
undo***ented immigrants were apprehended in fiscal year 2004. About
905,000 were apprehended in fiscal year 2003.

The Web site's auction comes just after the Minutemen's presence
was made noticeable in the nation and the Rio Grande Valley.

The Minutemen is a volunteer border patrol group that voluntarily
patrolled the Arizona-Mexico border for 30 days.

lmartinez@brownsvilleherald.com

ON THE NET:

http://www.stopillegalimmigration.com


Posted by: Maurice Bernard on Jul 06, 05 | 12:00 am | Profile

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