Thread: A 'red herring'?

A 'red herring'?
Anti-immigration groups allege quality-of-life impacts


By Kelly Davis

The hotter the debate over illegal immigration gets, the better for groups like Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS). Since 2005, the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that seeks to end illegal immigration has seen its public donations quadruple, from $354,188 that year, according to the group’s federal tax returns, to $729,385 in 2006 and $1.4 million in 2007.

The extra revenue has allowed CAPS to produce a number of TV and print ads that blame California’s social, economic and environmental problems on undocumented immigrants. The most recent effort, a TV commercial targeting California’s so-called “sanctuary cities,â€

[quote]“The quality of life in California has generally risen with population growth over the past century and a half, rather than the other way around,â€

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“The quality of life in California has generally risen with population growth over the past century and a half, rather than the other way around,â€

[quote]The commercial features scenes of both San Diego and San Francisco, followed by a shot of a Latino male dressed in gang-member garb and posing for a police booking photo. “Californians are a compassionate people,â€