S.F. Chronicle:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged federal officials to beef up enforcement and secure the state's borders against illegal immigrants, saying Tuesday they must clean up a "lax situation" instead of "trying to run the other way."

"Close the borders. Close the borders in California, and all across Mexico and the United States," Schwarzenegger told hundreds of newspaper publishers...

An unfortunate choice of words, but his aide rushed to clarify that he only wants border security and didn't want to end legal immigration.

Despite that, as can be expected, "Democrats were quick to react to the governor's statement with outrage."

The article goes on to include quotes from CA Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. Nunez says Arnold's ideas are those of "political extremists." Now, take a look at this and this, being careful to separate the facts from the opinion. Is Arnold the extremist, or is Nunez?

The SF Chronicle article also includes quotes from the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.

The L.A. Times report offers relatively measured comments from CA state Sen. Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo:

He said that in his discussions with Schwarzenegger, he did not get the impression that the governor advocated anything so Draconian as shutting down borders.

In any case, such a step would be "incomprehensible" given that "our economy and current prosperity are so dependent on the immigrant workforce," Cedillo said.

Cedillo has offered an endless series of bills trying to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. In a KCET interview he said that we should give driver's licenses to illegal aliens because "they were here first", presumably referring to before 1848. And, here's another one of his quotes:

"Latinos have displaced other work communities - clothing, hotel, and restaurant industries that used to be done by blacks and anglos... Since Latinos are now central to union revitalization, through immigration and high birth rates unions can be partisan for full Latino empowerment."

If you'd like to suggest that the L.A. Times and the S.F. Chronical report on Nunez, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and Cedillo with the same ardor with which they report on Arnold, please contact their ombudsmen:

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