Miller Beer: Made the Illegal Alien Way

"In 2004, Miller's PAC donated $2,000 to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), author of the tough immigration bill that passed the House in December. That prompted an immigrant rights group, the Chicago Committee Against H.R. 4437, to announce a boycott of Miller's beers on Mar. 10, the day of a massive pro-immigration rally in Chicago," BusinessWeek reports. "The company immediately sought a meeting to discuss the situation. On Mar. 15, [Miller Chicago marketing manager Matt] Romero joined a five-person team lead by Nehl Horton, Miller's senior vice-president for communications and government relations, to meet with group leaders at a community center in Pilsen, a predominantly Latino [illegal alien] Chicago neighborhood. Miller agreed to run newspaper ads opposing the legislation and helped to facilitate meetings between immigrant rights [amnesty] backers and lawmakers."