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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Tancredo’s new ad says open borders leading to rape of children
GOP presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo unveiled a new television ad Tuesday that said open borders are leading to rapes and other violence against American citizens.
The ad — which can be seen by clicking here — focuses on Central American gangs such as MS-13 and shows bloody pictures of victims of gang violence.
Than a voice says that the gangs are now on American soil “pushing drugs, raping kids, destroying lives” and blames the violence on “gutless politicians who refuse to defend our borders.”
It ends with the words: Secure the Borders. Deport those who don’t belong. Make sure they never come back. Tom Tancredo. President.
Tancredo caused a stir last month with another ad that linked immigration to terrorism. That ad showed a hooded man blowing up a shopping mall.
It condemned “spineless politicians” who “refuse” to protect the borders.
Many groups decried the ad as anti-immigrant and an attempt at fear-mongering, but Tancredo stood by the spot.
Prospects fading for increase in H1-B visas
With little time left in the Congressional calendar, high tech companies are scrambling to get an increase in H-1B visas this year, but the prospects are fading.
“Time is short and it is a bit of a long shot, but the urgency of our situation necessitates us continuing to walk the halls of Congress,” said Robert Hoffman, a vice president for government and public affairs at Oracle and co-chair of Compete America, a coalition of high-tech companies that includes Microsoft Corp. and Google, Inc. “As long as they continue to talk to us, we have reason to be hopeful.”
Hoffman said he is in discussions with House leaders and other key lawmakers, hoping to attach an H-1B amendment to a larger measure. But the task is difficult because Congress is facing a heavy agenda in the final weeks of the year, including 11 “must-pass” spending bills to fund various government agencies.
Lawmakers who strongly support expanding the visas also said there is still hope for legislation.
“There’s always a chance,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “It makes no sense to educate foreign students at our flagship universities in critical skills and training areas and then to send them away … and have them compete with us from their native lands.”
Critics say, however, that the H-1B program depresses wages for American workers and has many flaws, including limited enforcement mechanisms.
Legislation designed to protect American workers from being displaced by foreign H-1B employees has also stalled in Congress.
Top Hispanic advertisers include English-learning company
The latest issue of Hispanic Business magazine lists the top 100 advertisers to Hispanic consumers in the United States.
Number one is Broadcasting Media Partners Inc., an investor group that owns Univision Communications, Inc. It spent $210 million advertising to Latinos from June 2006 to June 2007.
Several well-known large companies also made the top ten including Procter & Gamble, Ford Motor Co., and AT & T, Inc.
An interesting niche business occupies the number three spot: Lexicon Marketing Corp., a language instruction company that owns the popular English learning program, “Ingles Sin Barreras,” or “English Without Barriers.”
Lexicon spent $146 million advertising to Hispanic consumers last year.
To see the full list, click here.
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