You know, I really like the TV show "Ugly Betty" for the anti-model anti-everything-is-beautiful elements. However, not only did they have a "heart wrenching" type storyline where Betty's Dad turned out to be an illegal immigrant, who had taken a dead man's S.S. number (I could never tell whether Betty and her sister were anchor babies or not -- they apparently have S.S. numbers). They did a halfway decent job of her Dad owning up to his mistake and going back to Mexico to try to get a green card the legal way, but there were very much pro-illegal elements to the story. Not to mention, the Ugly Betty Hispanic-American actors who play Betty's father and sister (and other Hispanic actors) have been on commercials recently encouraging Hispanics to vote in the next election (not just encouraging everyone to register to vote, just Hispanics).

So, now we have America Ferrera, the star of Ugly Betty, talking about legalizing illegals, due to her new movie she stars in about Mexican's illegally crossing the border. So, it just about makes me want to stop watching Ugly Betty for this. Stop the Hispandering, people!! :



America Ferrera: Illegal Immigrants America’s Responsibility?

America Ferrera is more than just a, well, "Ugly" face.

The popular actress stars in the upcoming drama "Under the Same Moon," which centers on the struggle of crossing the Mexican border. Although she has shown avid support for Hillary Clinton in the race for the presidency, Ferrera believes all parties should be prepared to take responsibility for illegal immigration.

"Regardless of which candidate takes the White House, this is an issue this country has to face. There is no silver bullet — it is time we took immigrants out of the shadows and put them on the path to immigration," Ferrera told Tarts.

"We have to understand what is it that is making these people put their life on the line to come here and accept a very substandard way of living. Whatever it is, it must be better than what else is being offered. We all have dealt with not only what is going on in this country but what is happening on the other side of the border."

So what is it about the U.S. that lures so many to make that dangerous move?

"There is a kind of narrative that’s told that makes others want the American Dream and want our jobs," she said. "But in the end it just comes down to survival and providing for your family. It is false to think people crossing the border just want to drive a Mercedes-Benz and go to Disneyland."

But even for Ferrera, who spends most of her days peering out from those inch-thick "Ugly Betty" frames, she still can see the magical side of Tinseltown.

"A lot of Hollywood is based on visuals and manufactured ideas of beauty, and that is always going to exist. There is always going to be that vanity-driven, useless side of the industry," she said. "But then there is the part that is centered on making art and social commentary. I’m not going to compare Us Weekly to the Oscars."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337011,00.html

Her article is halfway down the page (this is a Hollywood gossip page with interviews and quotes).