Thread: Hispanics blast Democrats' ad

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Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 8:31 p.m. EDT
Hispanics Blast Democrats' Ad


A Democratic political ad is under fire from Hispanics who say it unfairly compares Latino immigrants to terrorists.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sponsored a 35-second ad on its Web site that shows footage of two people scaling a border fence mixed with images of Osama Bin Laden and North Korea President Kim Jong Il.

Pedro Celis, chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, said in a statement Tuesday that the DSCC should remove the ad because it vilifies illegal Hispanic immigrants and is "appalling."

Houston City Councilwoman Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, sent a letter to DSCC Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer of New York asking that the ad be pulled. She said it could alienate Latino voters.


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"To liken Latino immigrants to bazooka-toting terrorists not only undermines the positive relationship our party has with this community, but also lowers us to a despicable level as breeders of unfounded fear and hatred," Alvarado wrote.
The ad opens with the words "Security Under Bush and GOP?" It features scenes of a masked man with a bazooka, scenes from terrorist attacks and police inspecting a subway train. It also shows Osama bin Laden, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a docked ship as it claims "4 times as many terrorist attacks in 2005."

Then comes footage of a person climbing over a corrugated metal border fence and another preparing to climb it as the words "millions more illegal immigrants" form on-screen. In the following scene, viewers see the words "North Korea has quadrupled its nuclear arsenal" with footage of a tank and North Korea President Kim Jong Il.

The ad ends with the words, "Feel safer? Vote for change."

"Equating these undocumented migrants to the very real threats of terrorism is inexcusable and only serves to fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment in our country," Celis said in the statement.



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The faces of the people climbing over the fence are not clearly visible and there is nothing in the ad confirming the people in the ad are Hispanic. Such scenes are often captured in footage of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Bettina Inclan, the assembly's executive director, said the people in the ad appeared Hispanic, "not just to us, but to other people who saw the video."

DSCC spokesman Phil Singer dismissed the group's criticism as a Republican group "trying to gloss over the White House's abysmal record on security."

"This group's time would be better spent pressuring reluctant Republicans to support comprehensive immigration reform," Singer said in an emailed statement.

Inclan said the group was among supporters of the bipartisan Senate immigration bill, which passed the Senate but has been criticized in the House.

The ad drew rebuke from other Hispanics.

"This is the same kind of fear mongering we condemn in the extreme media and now we are seeing it at the DSCC," said Lisa Navarrete, spokeswoman for the National Council of La Raza. "It's appalling."

The faces of the people climbing over the fence are not clearly visible and there is nothing in the ad confirming the people in the ad are Hispanic. Such scenes are often captured in footage of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Bettina Inclan, the assembly's executive director, said the people in the ad appeared Hispanic, "not just to us, but to other people who saw the video."

I viewed this video Here
The few seconds of fence jumping doesn't show persons clearly. More race paranoia methinks.

Illegal invaders should be considered terrorists. They are making demands and acting like we owe them everything. Every single one of them should be deported along with their anchor babies. WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE.

The faces of the people climbing over the fence are not clearly visible and there is nothing in the ad confirming the people in the ad are Hispanic.

Gotta pull the race card when they have no other reason to blast the ad. I'm glad the producers of this ad ensured that there is no way to confirm the race of those climbing over the fence, good way to protect their ad and show they are addressing national security and not picking on races.

The faces of the people climbing over the fence are not clearly visible and there is nothing in the ad confirming the people in the ad are Hispanic.

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Equating these undocumented migrants to the very real threats of terrorism is inexcusable

Any "undocumented migrant" is a very real threat to be a terrorist regardless of race or nationality!

Self-Appointed Latino Spokespeople Would Sacrifice National Security to Promote Illegal Immigration, Charges American Hispanic Group

You Don’t Speak for Me! rejects assertion that American Hispanics take offense at democratic senatorial ad

Washington, DC--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--August 16, 2006--As the danger to Americans of all backgrounds, posed by radical Islamic terrorist groups intensifies, individuals and groups purporting to speak on behalf of American Hispanics demonstrated once again that they are prepared to place their open borders agenda above the interests of homeland security, charged You Don’t Speak for Me! (YDSFM), a national coalition of American Hispanics.

YDSFM responded to calls from a Houston City Councilwoman, the National Council of La Raza, and the Republican National Hispanic Assembly that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) pull an ad from its web site showing breaches of American border security. Critics of the ad claim that it compares illegal immigrants to terrorists and, in the estimation of Democratic Houston Councilwoman Carol Alvarado, “lowers us to a despicable level as breeders of unfounded fear and hatred.”

The DSCC ad depicts two people scaling a border fence together with images of Osama bin Laden and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. The intent of the ad is to highlight the reality that the same poorly protected borders that allow millions of illegal aliens to enter this country can also be exploited by terrorists and other enemies.

“The only thing that is despicable is the political opportunism of those who would jeopardize this nation’s security and the lives of innocent Americans,” responded retired Col. Al Rodriguez, chairman of YDSFM. “Homeland security is not a racial or ethnic issue, nor is it a partisan one. It is a matter of life and death, as current events have once again demonstrated how vulnerable our nation remains to fanatic Islamic terrorists.”

YDSFM is a non-partisan organization and has been critical of both parties’ poor record on border security and immigration enforcement. “There is legitimate criticism to be leveled against the DSCC ad, but it has nothing to do with its content or message,” said Rodriguez. “The ad could not be more accurate in pointing out the current administration’s failure to protect our homeland security. However, with a few exceptions, the Democratic leadership in the Senate has done everything in its power to encourage the chaos that prevails along our borders.”

The shrill rhetoric of illegal alien advocacy groups and partisan politicians, not the ads, are divisive and unfounded, contends YDSFM. “Our southern border is a sieve – a dangerous, life-threatening sieve,” Rodriguez asserted. “Criticism of the failure to control that border is, by no stretch of the imagination, an attack on any particular ethnic group. It is a legitimate criticism of the failure of the Bush Administration to protect the nation and of the people who violate our laws.

“American Hispanics stand shoulder to shoulder with other Americans as our nation and our people face unprecedented threats to our security. If the terrorists succeed in breaching our borders and carrying out another attack, they will not discriminate in their campaign of mass murder. Pointing out that our borders are out of control is not offensive. The failure of either party to do anything about it is offensive, reckless and inexcusable,” Rodriguez stated.


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Have you EVER seen or HEARD of anyone, except Latinos, climbing over border walls??? So it follows that they were Hispanic! Insane rantings of desperate political loonies! I am SO sick of these idiots.....these little wanna-be Hispanic dictators who climb up and defend every illegal activity committed and then yell racist!

I think the Hispanics are just afraid they are losing their paramours! Let them keep on though, they are making a lot of people sick of their over use of the race card!