Pro-illegal immigration puff pieces ("PIIPPs")

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Karen E. Crummy of Denver Post confused about "American" concept - 1/08/2006

The DP reports on 1/7's "National Day of Protest" against illegal immigration in "Immigration dispute flares at center". It includes this unbelievable paragraph: The illegal immigrants, said Eric Tavares, have taken jobs away from "real" Americans. Memo to the Denver Post: illegal aliens are not Americans, they are by definition citizens of another country. While...

Jupiter Florida's illegal alien hiring hall coming soon - 9/23/2005

From the Palm Beach Post: JUPITER a

Palm Beach Post prints PIIPP on home loans for illegal aliens - 9/19/2005

One of the sub-category of PIIPPs ("pro-illegal immigration puff pieces") is that which promotes illegal aliens getting home loans using ITINs instead of SSNs. The Palm Beach Post has printed the latest in this long line, entitled "New mortgage rules help open doors for immigrants". They've found a twist: the sympathetic subjects in this case are here on a temporary visa.

Will illegal aliens get voting rights because of corrupt Republicans? - 9/10/2005

The Santa Barbara News-Press article "Latinos feel let down by governor" by Melinda Burns contains the following quote from "Carmen Herrera, an organizer for PUEBLO, a Santa Barbara-based group that advocates on behalf of the poor": "The governor has always said he does not support immigrants, and he never misses an opportunity to remind us of that... I don't understa...

NYT: Devastating hurricane hits Gulf Coast; illegal aliens hardest hit - 9/07/2005

No, it's not a parody. With all the possible coverage of Katrina, the New York Times actually wrote an article on the plight of "undocumented" immigrants in the disaster zone. From Ian Urbina's "Foreign Workers Are Caught in a Double Trap" (abbreviated version here): BILOXI, Miss., Sept.

Indiana's Bank Calumet gives home loans to illegal aliens - 8/17/2005

The local paper reports: On Tuesday, Bank Calumet announced it would begin extending home loans to illegal immigrants, becoming the first locally-based bank to do so... Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federally chartered institutions that buy home mortgages from banks to sell as securities, will not buy ITIN mortgages.

Putting a human face on the anti-American DREAM Act - 7/29/2005

... debate". Like many other PIIPPs ("pro-illegal immigration puff pieces") it supports Orrin Hatch (R-UT)'s anti-American DREAM Act. That Act would take discounted college educations away from U.S.

Throw another PIIPP on the pile - 7/26/2005

[A "PIIPP" is a "pro-illegal immigration puff piece".

New York Daily News supports illegal immigration - 7/05/2005

Many years ago, a Mad Magazine cartoon featured a yesterday/today contrast: on the left side it showed a group of New York cops in the past, with one guy off to the side, shunned by the others.

Suffolk County's Steve Levy has a spine - 6/27/2005

... immigration story that isn't a PIIPP.

Illegal immigration and civil insurrection - 6/03/2005

It's not difficult to find MSM propaganda supporting massive illegal immigration.

NYT goes to Idaho, discovers illegal immigration - 5/29/2005

... for the NYT, it's not a PIIPP, and the bleeding heart "liberalism" of Nina Bernstein is nowhere to be found. It does, however, approach this issue with the idea that being Hispanic implies that one must also support illegal immigration. If that's true, does that mean that all or most Hispanics don't respect our laws and put their race before their country? Perhaps the ...

N.Y. Daily News, Albor Ruiz: Lying, Misleading, Joking, or Telling the Truth? - 5/22/2005

Welcome to the premier edition of "Lying, Misleading, Joking, or Telling the Truth", or LMJOTTT as it shall henceforth be known.

Get out your hankies, here comes a PIIPP - 5/08/2005

... offender, having published other PIIPPs ("pro-illegal immigration puff pieces") in the past. Their latest ("Best & brightest in bind") starts with this: Carlos will graduate with honors from Brooklyn College next month with a mathematics degree. It's a subject he loves and hopes to teach one day to elementary school students... The tear-jerking story goes on to expl...

"Forced to a country she never knew" - 2/27/2005

Nothing like a New Jersey PIIPP: Source: Trenton Times URL: this Date: Saturday, February 26, 2005 "Reporter": Eva Loayza TRENTON - Mayra Ovalle's words are heavy with resignation and defeat. Her husband was arrested in the couple's home almost two weeks ago by federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on a deportation order, and she is being shipped ba...

"The Everymigrant's Guide to Crossing the Border Illegally" - 2/08/2005

NYT Star Reporter Charlie LeDuff offers us an article named "The Everymigrant's Guide to Crossing the Border Illegally". About 80% of the article consists of real-world tips for border crossers, culled from illegal aliens Charlie interviewed in front of the Home Depot on Sunset in East Hollywood.

Hillary's stealth issue for '08 - 11/26/2004

[Cross-posted to the Command Post and redstate.org/story/2004/11/26/163449/72] NewsMax offers a roundup of Hillary being to the "right" of Bush on immigration matters: "Hillary Eyeing Immigration as Top 2008 Issue". There's no outright statement from her saying if she ran she'd make it a key part of her campaign, but some of the things she's said might make peopl...

NYC non-NYT PIIPP spotted - 10/11/2004

A PIIPP ("pro-illegal immigration puff piece") has been spotted in NYC, but for a change it's not from the NYT. From NY Newsday's "Driven by DMV alert" by Robert Polner: When Jose, a house painter, got the letter at his Brooklyn home this summer, he panicked. He was among 600,000 people notified by the state Department of Motor Vehicles that they had 15 days to prod...

"Mexican Consulate helps locals with their papers" - 9/19/2004

PIIPPs ("pro-illegal immigration puff pieces") don't just appear in the NYT, they also appear in smaller papers like the Racine, WI Journal Times. Here's the first paragraph of "Mexican Consulate helps locals with their papers": Yara Duran wants to open a bank account to start saving money for her 1-year-old daughter, Ashley. It gets much, mu

I have no idea what he's getting at - 9/15/2004

Steve Lopez of the L.A.

NYT PIIPP spotted; awaiting processing - 9/13/2004

My offshore PIIPP processing team is still being trained, so I'm not able to process this article immediately. However, I'm presenting it here for readers who would like a preview. (For those who aren't familiar with the term, a PIIPP is a "pro-illegal immigration puff piece." Several example PIIPPs are presented starting here.

The PIIPP to end all PIIPPs - 9/01/2004

As you'll recall, a PIIPP is a "pro-illegal immigration puff piece." It must advocate for illegal immigration and the person to whom we're to feel Sally Struthers-level sympathy for must appear in the first sentence. And, I believe I've spotted the PIIPP to end all PIIPPs in the New York Times.

"Immigrants Face Loss of Licenses in ID Crackdown" - 8/18/2004

Oh no. Immigrants are being subjected to some form of crackdown? Let's read this NYT article: Legislatures across the country have been wrestling publicly with a hot-button issue: whether to make it harder or easier for illegal immigrants to be licensed as drivers.

"Tax-number loans help immigrants buy homes" - 8/17/2004

Sounds good so far! Let's keep reading this Chicago Tribune story: Several Chicago-area banks are leading rapid growth in a new, more flexible type of home loan that allows immigrants without Social Security numbers to secure a mortgage. Hmmm... Why don't they have SSNs?

PIIPP spotted in NYT - 8/14/2004

"PIIPP" refers to a "pro-illegal immigration puff piece," and a classic of the genre has been spotted in the NYT. The author is Nina Bernstein, and the article is entitled "From Immigrants, Stories Of Scrutiny, and Struggle": As a Muslim immigrant growing up in New York, Navila Ali, 20, felt safe and almost American until Sept.

PIIPP spotted by accident - 8/05/2004

I ran across yet another PIIPP ("pro-illegal immigration puff piece"), and it's a classic of the genre.

More pro-illegal immigration puff pieces noted - 7/11/2004

... piece" (hereinafter "PIIPP") must mention the name of the person we're to feel Sally Struthers-level sympathy for in the first sentence and must be full of lies and/or vapid platitudes. Bart Jones, the immigration reporter for Long Island's Newsday, appears to offer a treasure trove of such PIIPPs: The Newcomers: El Sal

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