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INVASION USA
Arnold: L.A. billboard should come down
California governor says he supports Minuteman Project
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Posted: April 28, 2005
9:33 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says a controversial billboard promoting a Spanish-language television station in L.A. that places the city of angels in Mexico should come down.

He told KFI radio-talk team John & Ken show in Los Angeles today that KRCA-TV should remove the billboard that portrays Los Angeles as located in Mexico.

"I think they should take it down immediately," Schwarzenegger said.

He called it "divisive" and "unnecessary" and said it promoted illegal immigration.

Schwarzenegger, who last week urged President Bush to secure the border with Mexico to stem the tide of illegal immigration, said he thinks the Minuteman Project has done a terrific job.

"It's a shame the private citizen has to go in there and secure our borders," he said.

On the controversial billboard, the "CA" state abbreviation abbreviation after "Los Angeles" is crossed out and the word "Mexico" added in its place.

In the center of the billboard, placed within the L.A. skyline, is an image of the Angel of Independence, a well-known monument in Mexico City, further suggesting the merging of Los Angeles and Mexico.

It also says, "Tu Ciudad. Tu Equipo," or "Your City. Your Team."

"No one is promoting illegal immigration. Everyone has to obey the laws," Leonard Liberman, executive vice president of Burbank-based Liberman Broadcasting, which owns KRCA, told the Whittier Daily News.

Liberman told the paper his 16 Spanish-language radio stations and four television stations want audience members to feel at ease at home.

"Our newscasters cater to them. We try to make them comfortable," he said.

Last month, ClearChannel, the owner of the billboard, announced a "Multicultural Sales and Marketing Initiative" to expand its focus on "serving the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic and African American population."