Immigration Hawk Florida Rep. Receives Death Threat

Stories are beginning to surface about  copy-cat and revenge threats against US Congresspersons and state legislators in the immediate aftermath of the massacre in Tuscon that killed six and left Congresswoman Gabby Giffords critically wounded. In Florida state representative William Snyder received an e-mailed death threat an hour after the Tucson shooting. According to naplesnews.com an investigation has been under way.

The message implied that harm would come to the Stuart Republican or his family members if he didn’t drop his immigration effort that mirrors a controversial bill approved last year in Arizona.“
Snyder, R-Stuart, following a news conference to announce his run for county sheriff, said it would be inappropriate to discuss an open investigation.
The Arizona shooting came less than 24 hours after Snyder hosted a forum on his immigration proposal that drew a passionate but polite crowd of more than 300 the Palm City Library.
Snyder has yet to formally file the bill he announced last summer. As proposed, the bill would make it a state crime for non-U.S. residents to fail to carry alien registration documentation, and would allow law enforcement officers in the state to question anyone they legally stop about their immigration status and hand undocumented people over to federal authorities for possible deportation.