self-deportation

[victor steinbok]

I didn't see anyone here mention the "self-deportation" issue that had
appeared in South Carolina Republican primary debate (now seemingly an
eternity ago). The word (?) appeared in a Romney-Gingrich exchange when
Romney claimed that he would make the economic environment so unfriendly to
illegal immigrants that they would just leave the country of their own
accord. Bloggers had a field day with the exchange and "self-deportation"
has been prominently displayed since then.

NYT, NPR and now TPM have got on the case of the "origin" of the term and
...

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/4985

The Term 'Self-Deportation' Originated As A Joke

Pundits and comedians – let alone Newt Gingrich – have had a field day ever
since Mitt Romney started using the term “self-deportation” to describe his
approach to the issue of illegal immigration. Romney began using it more
frequently and publicly after he embraced Kansas Secretary of State Kris
Kobach – one of the architects of laws adopted in several states that are
essentially meant to make life so hard for illegal immigrants that they
will willingly return to their native lands.

However, the NPR show “This American Life” reveals the term originated with
two Mexican-American parodists who started a routine in 1994 where they
pretended to be right-wing Hispanics in favor of a California proposition
to prevent hospitals from treating illegal immigrants.

The New York Times has a full rundown on their career here.


The NPR link is here http://goo.gl/1rMST
The NYT link is here http://goo.gl/Ioozm

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