LI's AriZona Iced Tea Company Caught Up In Immigration Protest
By YVONNE L. ATKINSON wpix.com

8:47 a.m. EDT, April 29, 2010
NEW YORK (WPIX)—
The AriZona Beverage Company finds itself in the middle of the immigration controversy.

Internet protesters have called for a boycott against all things Arizona, including AriZona Iced Tea, because of the state's new immigration law, which critics say unfairly targets Hispanics.

Don Vultaggio, AriZona founder and chairman, has issued a statement pointing out that it is a New York business.

Vultaggio also says the company's headquarters has been based in Woodbury, Long Island for 16 years and employs about 250 people.

He says the business was created in 1992 by two hardworking guys from Brooklyn.

Senator Craig Johnson of Port Washington, who is against the new immigration law, calls the viral boycott against AriZona Iced Tea is a misdirected response.