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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (view source)
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, 02:25, October 9, 2008ACORN's support for gun control and illegal immigration
Acorn now operates in more than 100 cities with a national budget of $37 million. <ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Acorn Squash] WSJ, August 26, 2006</ref> Under the guise of consumer advocacy, this left-wing [[liberal]] group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers and has leveraged nearly four decades of government subsidies to fund affiliates that promote the welfare state and undermine capitalism and self-reliance. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/25/the-acorn-obama-knows/ The ACORN Obama knows] Michelle Malkin, June 25, 2008</ref>
Acorn now operates in more than 100 cities with a national budget of $37 million. <ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Acorn Squash] WSJ, August 26, 2006</ref> Under the guise of consumer advocacy, this left-wing [[liberal]] group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers and has leveraged nearly four decades of government subsidies to fund affiliates that promote the welfare state and undermine capitalism and self-reliance. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/25/the-acorn-obama-knows/ The ACORN Obama knows] Michelle Malkin, June 25, 2008</ref>
==Support for gun control and illegal immigration==
ACORN legally intervened in an unsuccessful attempt to defend Jersey City, [[New Jersey]]'s local [[gun control]] ordinance, which was struck down December 13, 2006 in New Jersey state court as a violation of state law pre-empting stronger local gun ordinances.<ref>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1166448999875 "N.J. Judge Voids City's Gun Control Law", Charles Toutant, ''New Jersey Law Journal'', December 20, 2006</ref>
ACORN has held frequent rallies in support of amnesty for [[illegal immigrants]] and against enforcement-only bills for dealing with the illegal immigration problem. According to their official website they list four demands on immigration, the first of which is "A path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States" (in other words, amnesty).<ref>http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=16966 ACORN official website position on illegal immigration</ref>
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