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>> yeah, you know, myself and my writing partner, we were sick of like everybody else in california, we were sick of hearing about the -- and living the anti-immigrant hysteria going on in california during the prop 187 era, and i mean people were losing their minds, people in pizza places, clerks were asking dark skinned mexican people for id before they could buy a pizza. the world was just gone as they say in cartoons, plum loco. the way to cope with awful things like prop 187 or anti-immigrant hatred, was to satirize the thing to knock it out, so yeah, we were pushing

Now. in 2008, republicans in the florida exit polls were asked if all illegal immigrants should be deported. 40% said yes. the number this year, 31%. in 2008, republicans were asked if there should be a path to citizenship in florida. 29% said yes. this time, 38% said yes. there appears to be declining -- a declining amount of anti-immigrant feeling among republican voters. as anti-immigrant policies go off the charts for the republican candidates. this is beyond not getting the joke. something is out of whack in republican politics around this issue. remember russell pierce? he became the fir...

Hospital. that would apply to millions of people in california. california voters passed the ballot initiative in 1994 but a court later blocked it as unconstitutional. i was living in california at the time i'm from california, i remember, look at this the huge protest, prop 187 tore the state apart in terms of whether or not it was a good idea to try to stop illegal immigration, by combing through the state's kindergartens, finding the illegal 5-year-olds and turning them out in the street. a lot of the protest against prop 187 was angry and understandably intense. the guy you heard on "this...

Explained the goal of prop 187 was to get people to, you guessed it, self-deport. he used the satirist's phrase. this would be like rick santorum why people were always talking about googling him and launched a new campaign slogan, santorum, google me. no, you don't get it! now in 2012 the legacy of pete wilson not getting that self-deportation was a joke to make him look bad. the legacy is mitt romney the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2012, about to head in the first primary contest in the southwest, with the halto slogan hanging around his neck. >> you say you do...

Bringing down the quality of life. they are not allowing our young american teenagers the character-building experiences of picking fruit and cleaning hotel beds. >> daniel portado if you actually believe in deportation, what are you yourself still doing in california? >> well, i am here to help everyone get out. i hope to look forward to the day where i will stand at the border and say "will the last mexican please turn out of california, please turn out the lights" that will be me. >> what was going on at the time of the that interview was what you heard the reference, prop 187 in california...