SPANISH-TV GAME SHOW ASSAILED.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer Six immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. lawyers and rights groups demanded Wednesday that Burbank-based KRCA-TV immediately pull off the air one of its Spanish-language reality shows, which they said exploited immigrants and encouraged people to enter the country illegally. ``Gana La Verde'' or ``Win the Green,'' which airs weeknights on Channel 62, pits six contestants against each other in competition for a year of free legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. from a team of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. lawyers. ``It gives the impression that you win and you get a green card,'' said Raul Goinet, chairman of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association. ``It's exploiting people in a desperate situation with unrealistic expectations.'' In a letter to KRCA, the Southern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is an American political advocacy organization. History Following the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, representatives from Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Asian , the Mexican American Mexican American n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Mexican descent. Mex  i·can-A·mer Bar Association and three
other groups called for the station to pull the show from the air.
Lenard Liberman, executive vice president of Liberman Broadcasting Corp., which develops and airs the programs, said nobody is promising U.S. residency to contestants. He added he has no plans to pull the show. ``They know exactly what they are getting into. Maybe (these organizations) think they are losing clientele,'' said Liberman, himself of Mexican descent. Producers of the show say they receive hundreds of letters a week from would-be contestants as far away as Chicago. The show airs in Houston, Dallas, San Diego and Los Angeles where it reaches an estimated 1 million people a week. Rachel Uranga, (818) 713-3741 rachel.uranga(at)dailynews.com |
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