Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times

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Reporter for the Los Angeles Times. The one time I saw her offering slightly balanced immigration coverage is here. The other times she's been a true LAT hack. On March 26, 2006, Mickey Kaus said in reference to the Watanabe/Hector Becerra article archived here or at nhclc.org/about/news/mar2006_7.html:

That propagandistic LAT story on Saturday's big demonstration, the one that mentioned the presence of Mexican flags only in the tenth paragraph, has now been amended and updated--to eliminate any reference to Mexican flags at all!

She's also alone or together with Anna Gorman repeatedly failed to note Peter Schey's links to the Mexican government: link, link, link. And, in keeping with LAT "principles", she's spun her reports in support of illegal activity and comprehensive immigration reform: link, link, link.

Last modified Dec 22, 2008

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300,000 new, taxation-friendly citizens in California, thanks to the GOP helping the Dems import new voters - 5/11/2009

Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times offers "Naturalized citizens are poised to reshape California's political landscape" (link): More than 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens last year, the largest surge in history, hastening the ethnic transformation of California's political landscape with more Latinos and Asians now eligible to vote... Leading the wave, California...

Luis Gutierrez: Obama told me to tell you he supports immigration "reform"; amnesty supporters heartened - 12/19/2008

Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times offers "Immigration-overhaul supporters hope their hour has come/With Obama in office, a sympathetic Cabinet and more Democrats in Congress, supporters hope to revive a reform package next year. But the economic downturn sparks worry about protecting U.S. workers" (link). She quotes various "immigrant advocates" who think that the Obama ...

1986 loophole: visa holders prove they became illegal aliens to get amnesty (Peter Schey) - 12/17/2008

... impact, over two decades later. Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times offers "Settlement opens up amnesty for tens of thousands of immigrants" (link): [The LAT's poster adult] arrived in the United States from his native Turkey with a valid student visa in 1981, but fell out of legal status when he failed to enroll in school, he said... Thanks to a recent legal settlement, the...

John Trasvina of MALDEF lists his demands - 7/20/2008

... the National Latino Congreso, Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times says: John Trasvina, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [MALDEF], said he wanted to see

Illegal immigration marches: May 1, 2008 - 5/01/2008

This year's marches for "immigrant rights" - i.e., to give rights to illegal aliens to which they aren't entitled - were much less attended and made much less of an impact than those in 2006. There's a round-up of reports here and a round-up of the marches in various cities here.

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.

voceunidas.org is now the Swift Raid Collaborative (Mexico-linked Peter Schey) - 5/30/2007

Peter Schey is an immigration attorney with at least three links to the Mexican government. In addition to heading the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, he also operates vocesunidas.org, which until recently was called the "Mexico Project". It's since undergone an interesting change.

Jorge Bustamante/United Nations, MacArthur Park riot, CRLA, Peter Schey, NILC, ACLU... - 5/18/2007

And Teresa Watanabe too! From her report "Human rights expert examines migrant issues in L.A." comes this: In the first broad international scrutiny of U.S. treatment of migrants, a United Nations human rights expert [Jorge A. Bustamante, U.N.

Watanabe, Gorman on "Unity Blueprint for Immigration Reform" (massive amnesty, questionable links) - 3/17/2007

Teresa Watanabe and Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times offer "Immigrant advocates gear up". Several pro-illegal immigration groups have crafted a radical plan called the "Unity Blueprint for Immigration Reform".

Teresa Watanabe on illegal alien children - 1/25/2007

Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times has a somewhat balanced overview of the issue of illegal alien children in "Children of illegal immigrants are caught in a web of conflicting public policies".

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