Nativists fan flames of U.S. immigration debate

“Reaching into the back of a truck, U.S. anti-immigration activist Don Pauly grabs a Mexican flag, a can of lighter fuel and an aluminum baking tray and heads to the curbside outside the Mexican consulate.

As a small group of police officers, protesters and puzzled bystanders look on, he douses the green, red and white flag with fuel and spits on it for good measure, while an eye-patch wearing accomplice strikes a match.

“We need to get rid of all those who are destroying our country,” Pauly said as the national colors of United States southern neighbor flamed out on the sidewalk in central Phoenix earlier this month. “We are being invaded.”"

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