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Pete wilson who was a specific target of that satire. he did not get the jock. in an interview with "the new york times" columnist mr. wilson explained without irony that the goal of prop 187 was, in fact, self-deportation. you will self-deport. he used the exact phrase used as satire without him woupt understanding it's satirical origins. the prop 187 episode was an important moment in republican politics. not just because it was literally a moment of self-parody but important about what it said about where the republican party was headed. now, there have always been nativists and anti-immigr...

This is satire. by taking anti-immigrant it shows the extremism, this is a modest proposal, how satire works. what is the greatest hope of all political satirists? their work will be so close to true, some people will not get the joke. when they did this in the 1990's, some people didn't get the joke. telemundo put daniel portado put him on telemundo as defending prop 187. they didn't get the joke. also pete wilson, the guy who the joke was about. in the midst of the whole daniel deportado, the comedy routine, the governor did an interview

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 american life" was part of the response that was funny. the character, daniel portado, conse...

>> we feel that the immigrants are taking too many jobs, are 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 inter...