Thread: AP Wrings Its Hands Over Deportation of Illegals

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AP Wrings Its Hands Over Deportation of Illegals
Posted by Mark Finkelstein on June 18, 2006 - 18:09.
Cue the violins. AP has produced a two-hanky tear-jerker on illegals afraid of being deported. The headline sets the tone: 'Immigration sweep brings fear to community'.

Other mournful morsels from the article by AP writer Elliot Spagat:

"Fewer parents are walking their children to school in this border city's Linda Vista neighborhood."
"A sense of unease has spread in this community of weather-worn homes." [Nice touch with 'weather-worn'!]
"People rarely leave their houses now to go shopping," Osorio, 37, said as she clutched a bottle of laundry detergent in a barren courtyard. 'They walk in fear.'" [Extra credit, Elliot, for the clutched detergent bottle.]
"Her husband, Juan Rivera, 29, has stopped taking their two children to the park on weekends. 'We want to go out but we can't.'"
"In a blitz that began May 26 . . . It was the latest salvo . . . " [Nice war imagery!]
"All this has immigrants on edge." [Sure hope so if they're illegals.]
"Day laborer Fredy Calleja said his uncle was arrested about two weeks ago while watering plants outside his home." [Darn that Bush, now he's gone and made watering plants a crime!]
"Serafina Morales has been looking for unmarked white or black vehicles whenever she leaves the house. 'We're all scared to go to school.'"
The sweeps are part of a nationwide effort to round up an estimated 590,000 immigrant fugitives. We should be applauding it. But the AP would cast our government as the bully and curry sypmathy for those who have entered our country illegally.

We'll just call it "tough love." We have to be "tough" for the country we "love."

Well, what about all the American parents that are afraid to allow their kids to play outside???

Ya know what? If I robbed a bank, or stole a car, or didn't pay a speeding ticket, they would come for me also. If you plan on commiting a crime, make plans ahead of time to pay the price. Don't be all surprised when the "man" comes knocking on your door with cuffs ready for you...it's no different.

The AP ought to be named the Associated Puppet. I will no longer purchase any medium that uses them since I've seen their slanted coverage of illegal aliens.

We'll just call it "tough love." We have to be "tough" for the country we "love."

Great Quote! I've compared illegals to unruly children or juvenile delinquents.