http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/immigration This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Immigration en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190020 Discussing the Mexico City government's reported plan to begin distributing free impotence drugs to men 70 and older, Jim Quinn said, "Viva Viagra. Well -- after all, who's gonna father the next generation of illegals to come swarming across the border in their effort to reconquer the Southwest?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190020 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:02:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210006 The AP reported that Sen. John McCain "won admiration from Hispanics -- for co-sponsoring an immigration bill that included a path to citizenship" while a Bloomberg article reported that McCain "bucked his party by pushing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants." However, neither article noted that McCain reversed himself on border security and said he would no longer support the bill he co-sponsored with Sen. Edward Kennedy if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210006 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:03:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810130015 Rush Limbaugh and KSFO's Lee Rodgers repeated a variation of the claim that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave "5 million illegal aliens" subprime loans that they have not paid back. <em>Quinn &amp; Rose</em>'s Jim Quinn also cited the 5 million statistic without citing a source for the figure. None of these radio hosts noted that HUD has reportedly stated that this statistic is false. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810130015 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:12:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100018 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, Roger Hedgecock claimed that the Department of Housing and Urban Development "was talking about 5 million illegal alien home mortgage loans that have gone bad." But Hedgecock did not cite a source for the purported HUD statistic. In fact, an article published more than an hour before <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em> aired reported that HUD "says there is no basis to news reports that more than 5 million bad mortgages are held by illegal immigrants" and that "a HUD spokesman said his agency has no data showing the number of illegal immigrants holding foreclosed or bad mortgages." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100018 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:10:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060012 The AP reported that Sen. John McCain is trying to "convince Hispanics that he was on their side" during the recent congressional "fight" over proposed immigration reforms. But the AP did not report that McCain has since reversed his position, and now says he would no longer support the legislation -- which he co-sponsored with Sen. Edward Kennedy -- that Congress was "fight[ing]" over. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060012 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:46:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250018 <em>Savage Nation</em> guest host Rick Roberts claimed of immigrants: "[P]eople are collecting SSI [Supplemental Security Income] checks that have never paid into it." However, according to the Social Security Administration website, only people legally present in the United States can receive SSI, and most legal immigrants must earn $42,000 before becoming eligible. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250018 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:26:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160020 <em>The Miami Herald</em> quoted Sen. John McCain criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for "propos[ing] amendments that would have killed" an immigration bill McCain co-sponsored in 2006, but the article did not report that McCain later said he would vote against his own proposal if it were to come up again for a Senate vote. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160020 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:50:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050017 Bill Bennett stated: "On the issues, the immigration debate, a lot of people thought would derail John McCain. He hasn't recanted that position. He hasn't recanted his position on McCain-Feingold or McCain-Kennedy." In fact, McCain stated during a Republican primary debate that he would not vote for the immigration reform bill he co-sponsored with Sen. Ted Kennedy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050017 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:27:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180003 Michael Savage claimed that "America is being overrun by an invasion force from Mexico that'll soon take over the country." After noting a news report stating that immigration, higher birth rates among immigrants, and an aging white population are responsible in part for America's changing demographics, Savage stated: "And you think the gang-banger with baggy pants is going to pay for your retirement, you liberal fools? You think that they're going to pay for your housing in a senior citizens center? You psychotic liberals don't even know you're digging your own grave and throwing lime in there. All that's missing is the worm from the tequila bottle to go with it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180003 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:05:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050009 Discussing the Italian government's decision to deploy soldiers on city streets to combat violent crime allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, Michael Savage said: "So they've done there what we need to do here. We need to get our troops out of Iraq and put them on the streets of America to protect us from the scourge of illegal immigrants who are running rampant across America, killing our police for sport, raping, murdering like a scythe across America while the liberal psychos are telling us they come here to work." Savage added: "[Y]ou turn on the cable news, they're covering again a missing child. Not a missing country but a missing child. ... We hear about the rape of a woman, but not about the rape of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is crying, she's been raped and disheveled -- raped and disheveled by illegal aliens." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050009 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:16:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310011 On CNN's <em>Lou Dobbs This Week</em>, Kitty Pilgrim baselessly suggested that nearly all undocumented immigrants in the United States are uninsured, asserting that "there are an estimated 47 million people in this country who don't have health insurance," and that "illegal aliens likely make up 40 percent of the uninsured in this country." For Pilgrim's assertion to be true, 18.8 million undocumented immigrants would have to be uninsured, but the National Institute for Health Care Management has estimated that there are 5.6 million uninsured undocumented immigrants. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310011 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:38:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130004 An Associated Press article claimed that Sen. John McCain "is respected by many Hispanics for refusing to pander to anti-immigrant sentiment over the years." But the AP reported in November 2007 that McCain now "emphasizes securing the borders first" and quoted McCain stating: "I understand why you would call it a, quote, shift. ... I say it is a lesson learned about what the American people's priorities are. And their priority is to secure the borders." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130004 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:13:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130001 CNN's Lou Dobbs asserted that <strong><strong>in his July 8 remarks, </strong></strong>Sen. Barack Obama was <strong><strong>"out telling people to have their children not learn languages -- foreign languages, but specifically, while discussing the issue of illegal immigration, tells them they've got to learn Spanish." </strong></strong>In fact, <strong><strong>Obama was responding to a question about education and bilingualism, not "illegal immigration," and </strong></strong>at no point in his <strong><strong>remarks</strong></strong> did he <strong><strong>mention "</strong></strong>illegal immigration." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130001 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:50:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090009 Radio host Mark Levin aired a clip of Sen. Barack Obama saying of Sen. John McCain's position on immigration reform, "[W]hen he started running for his party's nomination, he abandoned his courageous stance and said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote." Levin responded: "Actually, that's a lie, and Obama's full of lies. He would support his legislation if it came up for a vote." In fact, during a January 30 Republican presidential debate, McCain said that he wouldn't support his own legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090009 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:31:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807080004 Responding to Democratic strategist Keith Boykin's assertion that Sen. John McCain "switched positions" on immigration, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer asked "how?" and described McCain's position not as a reversal, but as "prioritiz[ing] border security" after his immigration bill failed in the Senate. But, in fact, McCain has reversed himself on a key component of comprehensive immigration reform. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807080004 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:24:44 EST