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July 01, 2005
Washington Post's anti-American propaganda

Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post offers "A Deportation Tragedy" which, among other things, promotes Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)'s Dream Act. That Act is an illegal alien amnesty plan that would also let illegal aliens pay for college at the reduced, in-state rate. Meanwhile, U.S. citizens who want to attend a college in another state would continue to pay the full rate.

Leaving aside its amnesty provisions, here's a chart summarizing the Dream Act:

some illegal aliens: discount
some U.S. citizens: full price

In other words, the Dream Act is explicitly anti-American: we should not be giving citizens of other countries a better deal than our own citizens. (Thankfully, a similar state law in Kansas is currently being challenged: "Suit challenges in-state tuition for illegal immigrants". The Dream Act would be a national version of state laws in Kansas, California, and other states.)

What makes Meyerson's bleeding heart screed interesting is that articles like this are hardly unique. Newspapers large and small from one end of the country to the other have published what amount to advertisements for the Act, and all of them seem to follow the same formula.

Here are just a few examples:
"Best & brightest in bind" (NY Daily News)
Dozens rally to support proposed immigration law (Lincoln Neb. JournalStar)
"Behind Top Student's Heartbreak, Illegal Immigrants' Nightmare" (NY Times)
Group rallies in support of Dream Act (Brownsville Tex. Herald)
(other examples in my pro-illegal immigration puff piece category)

For an example of how formulaic these tales are, here's a quote from Meyerson:

next Tuesday Marie and her parents will move to a country she doesn't know.

A search for country "dream act" "hardly know" reveals 53 hits, and a similar search brings up 27.

To my knowledge, no newspaper has yet looked for the story behind the story and reported on the source(s) for all these barely-concealed advertisements. If you'd like to suggest that the WaPo does some real reporting rather than just propagandizing, (or if you'd like to suggest that they might want to start a private fund to pay for illegal aliens' college educations), please contact:
meyersonh at washpost.com
ombudsman at washpost.com

UPDATE: Shortly after I posted this, the student mentioned in Meyerson's ad got a reprieve. However, her parents are still due to be deported: "Teen Wins 1-Year Delay in Deportation".

Posted By The Lonewacko Blog at July 1, 2005 06:38 PM | TrackBack
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