Racist flyers from neo-Nazi group found in San Antonio-area neighborhoods

The flyers, which urge residents to report undocumented immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, were sealed in plastic baggies and weighed down with small stones. At the bottom of the flyer is a phone number for ICE and the URL for Blood and Soil's website. less The flyers, which urge residents to report undocumented immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, were sealed in plastic baggies and weighed down with small stones. At the bottom of the flyer is a ... more Photo: Tannya Lee/Facebook Photo: Tannya Lee/Facebook Image 1 of / 36 Caption Close Racist flyers from neo-Nazi group found in San Antonio-area neighborhoods 1 / 36 Back to Gallery

Several residents of Schertz and Cibolo discovered flyers from the neo-Nazi group Blood and Soil tossed in their front yards on Monday.

The flyers, which have a heading of "Keep America American," urge residents to report undocumented immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They were sealed in plastic baggies and weighed down with small stones and at the bottom of the flyers is a phone number for ICE and the URL for Blood and Soil's website.

"Blood and soil" was a key Nazi slogan expressing desire for a racially pure, Aryan homeland. The Blood and Soil movement in the U.S. has consisted mainly of masked men posting their flyers on university campuses in the middle of the night.

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Tannya Lee, 44, who discovered one of the flyers outside of her home in the Heights of Cibolo neighborhood, said nothing so openly racist has happened in her community, which she described as diverse and open.

Lee said several people in her neighborhood found the flyers, and many others posted about it in a Facebook group for residents of Schertz and Cibolo.

"Most people were pretty upset and aggravated," she said. "It's been a mixed response, but the majority were pretty appalled, especially when they discovered the group (Blood and Soil) is a neo-Nazi group."

She said she was personally offended by the flyers because her mother is Mexican, and she has several other family members who had to work for years to become legal citizens. She knows many others who had to flee from Mexico or face starvation or violence related to the drug trade.

"It's just a very sad situation because they know they're not wanted, and they're hated, but they have to come because they'll either starve or be in danger," she said.

Flyers and banners promoting white suppremacy, including several from the same group, were also found on the Texas State University campus in San Marcos multiple times last fall. The university denounced the messages and police ultimately gave criminal trespass warnings to five men authorities said were responsible.

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Cibolo City Manager Robert Herrera said city officials were "saddened to see the racist flyers thrown on some of the lawns of residents."

"Cibolo is a diverse town that is one of the safest cities in the area. We want all of our families to feel safe, and encourage reporting this type of propaganda to the Cibolo Police Department. We will continue to track and find the organization members who are spreading this hateful message," he said.

Lee said the other residents of her neighborhood plan to keep an eye out for any other flyer distributors.

"If you're going to put something in my yard, I think you should be able to be open about it, put your name behind it," she said. "If you're doing it in a hidden way, it's because you know there's something wrong with it."

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