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The Sob Story That Failed: a New Book Fails to Satisfy Diverse Immigration Enthusiasts

Sunday’s New York Times front-paged a curious story that demonstrates an ideological flare-up between different leftist beliefs. On one side was the traditional sob story approach toward illegal aliens, that they are suffering world citizens who should be rescued by too-rich, too-white America.

The newer, more controversial viewpoint is that only the victims or actual […]

New York Times Solicits Donations for Illegal Alien College Student

We are now officially in the Holiday Season, and many elite news outlets feel compelled to do good works now to demonstrate their civic involvement. The New York Times has set up a Go Fund Me website to collect funds for various victims of circumstance who have life stories the scribblers find appealing. The New […]

Post Pushes Kid Abandonment as Sob Story

Saturday is a slow day for newspapers, so the Washington Post apparently thought it could throw up some easy Trump-bashing with a sob story about asylum seekers.

The front-page photo featured a lone toddler wandering a cruel Mexican street — say, shouldn’t that child have a parent nearby? Or do the family values of diverse […]

More African Aliens Want Entrance to the United States

It’s a disturbing trend in the worldwide movement of moochers that increasing numbers of Africans are coming to the United States. What’s wrong with Europe? It’s closer and far more welcoming.

One seriously bad thing about African aliens is there’s a billion more where they came from.

Sunday’s Los Angeles Times had the usual sob […]

Mississippi Arrests of Illegal Aliens Create Sob Story Opportunity for Liberal Scribblers

Over in the mainstream media, there’s no crime worse than a Republican president enforcing the law against the left’s favorite victims, illegal aliens. The arrests earlier this week consisted of a few hundred job thieves who were unlawfully employed in Mississippi food-processing plants, so that action would presumably open up hundreds of jobs for American […]

California Illegal Alien Student Plans UC Davis Degree

Monday’s San Jose Mercury News shows that the pro-alien news story remains a popular #FakeNews genre. Plus, President’s tariff deal with Mexico may cut back the invader flood for a time, so the press must continue to pester the public with sob stories of suffering foreign lawbreakers who nevertheless are found to be admirable by […]

President Trump’s “Tone” Upsets Sensitive Illegal Aliens

A front-page story in Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle was a common staple in liberal journalism — the illegal alien sob story. In fact, it’s likely that the Trump Presidency will someday be understood as a golden era in the questionable genre.

A frequent touch in sob stories is the excessive use of emotive adjectives and […]

Judge Declares Illegal Alien Families to Be Reconnected

When Judge Dana Sabraw demanded a couple weeks ago that the government reunify invader adults with their apparent children, it seemed an impossible task. But on Friday, the judge said the deed was accomplished to the degree possible.

Judge: Border family reunification ‘has been completed’, By Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, July 28, 2018

The judge […]

Yet Another Deportation Sob Story, as Family Eyeballs Canada

Thursday’s San Jose Mercury News featured a front-page sob story, a genre that seems to be appearing more frequently for some odd reason.

There’s a drunk-driving, three-times-deported illegal alien father who has a citizen wife and three US kids: they’re deciding what to do now that daddy is facing a free ride back to […]

California: Indian Illegal Alien Prepares for His Deportation

The illegal alien sob story genre is indeed undergoing a renaissance as a result of the Trump administration’s tough enforcement. These sniffler sagas are simple to write and are easily embellished with cutesy photos of kids and puppies to make the lawbreaker appear emotionally sympathetic. (Both dogs and children are shown in the video about […]

Sob Story Fodder: Worldwide Alien Flood Escalates with Obama Countdown

For the last several days, the Los Angeles Times has presented a series of featured front page sob stories about how mean America is to illegal aliens. For Christmas day, the front pager was particularly scoldy, by suggesting in effect, “You spoiled citizens are having a wonderful holiday and are too cruel to open your […]

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