AVWatch: does Villaraigosa really support immigration "reform" or just open borders?

As discussed yesterday in regards to Deepak Bhargava of Center for Community Change, many advocates of "comprehensive immigration reform" don't seem to be completely on the up-and-up. No big surprise there.

Specifically, many of those who claim to support "reform" also speak out against those rare immigration raids that the Bush administration conducts. Yet, "reform" supposedly contains enforcement provisions, and many of those who support "reform" use that as a selling point. If they don't support enforcement now, will they support it in the future? Won't those who lean towards amnesty now simply support another amnesty for all those illegal aliens who'll come here in expection of being part of the next amnesty?

Hopefully someone somewhere can ask them about it. In the meantime, here's another example, with Erica Werner of the AP acting as the transcriptionist:

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that immigration reform is needed more than raids like those that arrested more than 750 people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the past week.

Villaraigosa said labor laws should be enforced, borders secured and a pathway to citizenship offered to illegal immigrants who've resided in this country, worked and paid taxes.

"I think that will produce much better results than the raids that occur, that oftentimes two weeks later those people are back," he said while taking audience questions after a speech at the National Press Club.

If I'd been there and had the chance to ask him a few follow-up questions and those had then been transcribed in turn by Erica Werner, I think that might go a long way towards ending his political career. I urge everyone to get out there and start asking the tough questions that the AP "reporters" of this world won't ask.

Immigration2007a · Thu, 01/25/2007 - 01:37 · Importance: 1