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Los Angeles Times opposes immigration enforcement, deportations; wants illegal aliens to remain in U.S. - 2/21/2008

... immigration-related articles from the Los Angeles Times covered here over the years have made that clear, but the editorial "Too tough on illegal immigration" makes it explicit (link).

Barack Obama misleads, does sales job on illegal immigration (CNN Democratic "debate") - 1/31/2008

At tonight's CNN/Politico/Los Angeles Times Democratic "debate" (link), per lightweight illegal immigration supporter Marc Cooper (link): The candidates also cautiously sparred on the potentially explosive issue of immigration with Obama rejecting a moderator's question that assumed that African-Americans were suffering because of illegal immigration.

Anna Gorman/LAT on Mexican adult schools operating at U.S. public schools - 1/11/2008

If Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times were a real reporter she would look into all the circumstances of the Mexican government operating adult schools inside U.S. public schools. And, she'd look into what's being taught and whether it's being used as a way of encouraging Mexican partisanship. Of course, she's just a propagandist and not a real reporter, so this is what we get...

ArnieCare: budget busting universal healthcare in California (illegal aliens, Fabian Nunez, Don Perata) - 12/18/2007

Unlike, say, Grover Norquist, I'm not a reflexive opponent of some form of universal healthcare, at least on the face of it. But, as with other things there's frequently a hidden agenda, such as people pushing UHC who have wider goals.

Jennifer Delson/LAT gushes over departing Orange County Mexican consul (Haro; MC cards) - 12/13/2007

... around. Jennifer Delson of the Los Angeles Times says bye-bye in her own special, pro-Mexico way (link).

Matt Stearns/McClatchy smears Ron Paul, joins list of NAFTA Superhighway deniers - 12/09/2007

Matt Stearns of McClatchy Newspapers offers "Out of bounds! Paul pushes NAFTA highway myth" (link): In an anti-NAFTA radio ad that's airing in Iowa, Paul denounces "powerful elites" who "want to completely erase our borders with Canada and Mexico. These special interests threaten us with a total loss of sovereignty. The NAFTA superhighway, a part of this scheme, has t...

Tim Rutten: CNN is "corrupt"; wrong about immigration (GOP debate) - 12/01/2007

Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times offers "CNN: Corrupt News Network". He calls CNN "corrupt" for spending so much time on immigration matters, explicitly saying it was an attempt to boost Lou Dobbs' ratings.

When will the MSM pull the ball away from Mike Huckabee? - 11/21/2007

The mainstream media has been working feverishly to promote Mike Huckabee, as have various low-level Democrats. Are those completely unrelated, or is the MSM taking their marching orders from the Democratic Party? And, is The Huckster being promoted because: 1. They're simply reporting on what's happening... 2. They just need something to write about... 3. They're trying to give &qu...

Fabian Nunez: corporate donations to a charity funneled to his events - 11/02/2007

For an unknown reason, the Los Angeles Times is trying to get rid of Fabian Nunez. While I welcome this, I can't help but wonder why.

The ADL's definition of "hate" and "anti-immigrant" can't be trusted. (ALIPAC, others) - 10/31/2007

... fall into the abyss.) Even the Los Angeles Times has noted something similar (link): Authorities said the gang specifically tried to eliminate rival African American gangs in South L.A. and the Florence-Firestone area in an effort to "cleanse" the neighborhood. In doing so, they mistakenly harassed and attacked innocent African American residents, according to the indictment. As has the...

Richard Marosi/Ari Bloomekatz/LAT enable illegal immigration (San Diego fires) - 10/28/2007

... move, let me suggest that the Los Angeles Times outsources their coverage to the Western Growers Association, the Mexican government, or the Democratic Party. That way, "reporters" Richard Marosi and Ari Bloomekatz can achieve their true calling of selling used tires, and there'd be little difference between the outsourced version and that which they provide in "Evacuations ra...

Mel Martinez quits as RNC chairman; Peter Wallsten/LAT offers pro-illegal immigration spin - 10/21/2007

... etc. Now comes Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times to put the worst possible face on it ("Latino head of RNC resigns", link).

Hispanic vote is a myth? - 10/18/2007

... City Journal, writing in the Los Angeles Times (link): ...The Latino vote for Bush was far from decisive, however, and it may be years before it plays a pivotal role in a national election. Latinos may represent about 14% of the U.S. population, but they constituted just 6% of the 2004 electorate -- 7.5 million voters out of 125 million.

Even California Nurses Association turns on Fabian Nunez (wife's conflict of interest) - 10/17/2007

From this: The California Nurses Association demanded Tuesday that Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez abstain from voting on health-care legislation because his wife works for a nonprofit agency bankrolled by the hospital industry. "Californians can no longer trust that he will represent the public interest and not the financial interest of a large industry that has put his wife on their payro...

Down the Memory Hole with the Los Angeles Times (censors own blogger) - 10/14/2007

From this: On Thursday night, L.A. Times political blogger Andrew Malcolm wrote a post about John Edwards's denial of an extramarital affair. When some commenters complained that the story was unsupported tabloid trash, Malcolm replied in parenthetical remarks appended to the comments, saying that it was a legitimate topic because of Edwards's denial. If I have the sequence of events rig...

Los Angeles Times editorial lies about California DREAM Act - 10/10/2007

The Los Angeles Times offers an editorial called "Make the Dream reality/Legislation to help undocumented California college students benefits everyone" (link) about Gil Cedillo's "California DREAM Act".

National Latino Congreso: "No Human Being is Illegal", Nativo Lopez, Gil Cedillo, Kucinich, Cuban Five, Fairness Doctrine, and more! - 10/07/2007

... Yesterday, Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times offered a whitewashed report here. Let's take a look at the groups involved and some of the loony resolutions that were passed.

DHS revamping agriculture guest worker programs (crops rotting in fields, redefining "temporary") - 10/07/2007

Nicole Gaouette of the Los Angeles Times offers "U.S. lets in more immigrants for farms" (link): With a nationwide farmworker shortage threatening to leave unharvested fruits and vegetables rotting in fields, the Bush administration has begun quietly rewriting federal regulations to eliminate barriers that restrict how foreign laborers can legally be brought into the country. ...On a...

Fabian Nunez' questionable expenditures (luxury foreign hotels, goods) - 10/05/2007

... with the Politburo, because the Los Angeles Times offers "Nunez travels the world like a high-roller" (link): [...his spending] includes $47,412 on United, Lufthansa and Air France airlines this year; $8,745 at the exclusive Hotel Arts in Barcelona, Spain; $5,149 for a "meeting" at Cave L'Avant Garde, a wine seller in the Bordeaux region

ThinkProgress misrepresents Chertoff comment about environmental damage on border - 10/01/2007

The Clinton-linked site ThinkProgress offers the post "Chertoff: Immigrants 'degrade the environment'" [1] about the following comment from DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff (link): "Illegal migrants really degrade the environment. I've seen pictures of human waste, garbage, discarded bottles and other human artifact in pristine areas...

Kathleen Henehan/Media Matters promotes economic benefits of illegal immigration - 9/26/2007

... Henehan - discusses a recent Los Angeles Times guest editorial from Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies in a post entitled 'In LA Times op-ed, Krikorian cherry-picked "anecdotal evidence" on immigration crackdown' (mediamatters.org/items/200709260011).

Los Angeles Times cost-saving measures released - 9/06/2007

The Los Angeles Times has released several cost-saving measures they'll be undergoing to deal with declining circulation: * Patt Morrisson will auction past hats off on eBay (wait, it gets better). * Their "Reader's Rep" will be replaced with an email address that no one reads. * Selected stories about celebrities will be outsourced to those celebrities' publicists. * Some...

Illegal alien crime victims get U-visas (Mexico-linked Peter Schey, Anna Gorman) - 9/06/2007

Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times informs us that due to a lawsuit brought by the Mexico-linked Peter Schey of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, some illegal aliens who've been victims of violent crimes will get U visas.

Elvira Arellano gets hero's welcome in Mexico - 8/22/2007

... entirely willing to take the Los Angeles Times' word for it, but the recently-deported Elvira Arellano may have been given a rousing welcome in Mexico. A good portion of that country has no respect for our immigration laws, thinking like her that they have a right to immigrate here under any circumstances. And, 58% think the U.S.

Anthony Ramirez/NYT spins Morristown rally for illegal immigration supporters - 7/29/2007

You know the rule: if a politician commits a crime and his party affiliation isn't mentioned, that means he's a Democrat. Anthony Ramirez of the New York Times offers the corollary to that rule in "Unrest and Arrests at Immigration Rally", about an event that took place on Saturday in Morristown, New Jersey. All five of those arrested were counter-protesters who support ille...

L.A. DA: still investigating priest abuse scandal, criminal prosecutions not ruled out - 7/16/2007

The Los Angeles diocese of the Catholic Church recently announced they were settling all outstanding civil suits in regards to the priest abuse scandal for $600 million. Now, L.A.

Mexico-linked Peter Schey advises new sanctuary movement, helps prosecute BP agent - 7/09/2007

Emily Bazar of USA Today offers "Illegal immigrants find refuge in holy places", all about the "new sanctuary movement" in which churches take in illegal aliens in an example of far-left false compassion.

Diana Chi: have you no shame? (Some will dare call it treason) - 6/21/2007

MSNBC has recently released a list of some journalists who've made political contributions. Shockingly, 1 out of 9 of them have donated to Republicans or conservatives. Let's take a look at these people that I - at least - shall dare call traitors. There are the expected reactionaries: Joe Scarborough, a couple Forbes editors, and a Bill O'Reilly producer. However, there are some ot...

Pollaganda: LAT says 63% support "path to citizenship" - 6/13/2007

... is that highly misleading, the Los Angeles Times is... wait for it... acting as a cheerleader for Bush: Only 23% of adults surveyed opposed allowing undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.

Steve Lopez: up with illegal immigration propaganda, allegedly Mexico-linked CHIRLA - 5/28/2007

Via this, Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times offers "Family crossed the border to success". The family in question is that of Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

Tamar Jacoby's lunatic semi-permanent "guest" worker tryout points system - 5/10/2007

One of our favorites, Tamar Jacoby, returns with "'Temporary is temporary' won't work for all immigrants": ...[an] unrealistic faction of Republicans, though willing to admit an extra 400,000 workers a year, is insisting that they stay only temporarily - that no matter how well they do in this country or what kind of roots they put down here, every single one of them must ...

AVWatch: Villaraigosa, Bratton "send message" on MacArthur Park immigration riot - 5/07/2007

... demagogic news, Louis Sahagun of the Los Angeles Times offered "L.A.

Lawsuits, etc. over MacArthur Park illegal immigration riot - 5/02/2007

The National Lawyer's Guild is now saying that they're going to file a class action lawsuit against the LAPD and the City of Los Angeles over the riot which occured at yesterday's illegal immigration march in MacArthur Park. Apparently a group of protesters is currently holding a press conference; they're wearing masks and waving a Mexican flag as well as the flag of the FMLN (...

Los Angeles illegal immigration march turns violent - 5/01/2007

Per Eric Leonard on KFI, the second, more militant illegal immigration march in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles has turned violent, with protesters throwing rocks at police, and the police responding with rubber bullets. A couple reporters were hit by the bullets. Breaking... UPDATE: UPI says: Witnesses said police wearing riot gear and wielding batons gave no warning before firing at rally particip...

Anna Gorman/LAT: sob story to support illegal alien amnesty - 4/27/2007

Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times offers the Page 1 story "A family's painful split decision". Over four pages she tells the tale of two long-term illegal aliens (Abel Munoz and Zulma Miranda) who had three children in the U.S. They originally entered with a temporary visa, which they overstayed. They apparently took bad legal advice and tried to correct their status, but were ev...

Tami Abdollah, Howard Blume/LAT on McIntyre/KABC/charter school lawsuit - 4/19/2007

... Abdollah and Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times take a "slightly different" tack on the lawsuit filed by Academia Semillas del Pueblo against Doug McIntyre of KABC ("L.A.

"A Christmas Story" director killed by illegal alien (allegedly driving drunk) - 4/05/2007

Robert Clark - the director of the movies "A Christmas Story" and "Porky's" - and his adult son were killed on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Pacific Palisades (home of celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger) yesterday in head-on car collision. The driver of the other car was Hector Velazquez-Nava, who was driving without a license. Now, Eric Leonard of KFI-AM reports t...

Michael Bianco Inc. workers invite lawmakers to take tour of plant (PR firm) - 4/03/2007

For a bit of levity relating to the New Bedford immigration raid of Michael Bianco Inc. - the plant almost everyone agrees was a sweatshop - I offer this: Eight employees of Michael Bianco Inc., the company raided by federal immigration authorities last month, have invited local politicians to see conditions inside the factory for themselves.

White House's "tough cop" amnesty scheme (the "infinitely renewable Z visa") - 3/28/2007

Apparently the private talks the White House has been having with various Senators regarding yet another illegal alien amnesty scheme have reached the point where they're starting to leak the plan in order to get feedback. It appears to be the "tough cop" version of the Flake-Gutierrez massive giveaway; the goal is presumably to get a compromise that most Democrats and many Republic...

The SoCal Third World slums the Los Angeles Times helped create - 3/26/2007

The Los Angeles Times offers "The Southland's hidden Third World slums" about trailer parks in California's Coachella Valley (home of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and other cities). We're told that one of the parks was dumping raw sewage into the Salton Sea, others have flowing sewage behind the trailers, many residents go without heat and even electricity, and, in short, ...

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