Posted on 08/05/2004 10:02:02 AM PDT by presidio9
LOS ANGELES — A Spanish-language reality TV show is offering contestants an unusual prize: the services of immigration lawyers to guide them toward a green card for U.S. residency.
"Gana la Verde" (search) — "Win the Green" — began airing daily last month on KRCA-TV Channel 62 in Los Angeles. Owner Liberman Broadcasting also airs the program on its San Diego, Houston and Dallas stations.
"People say that our show is like 'Fear Factor,' (search) but it's different because the climax of the show involves working," production manager Adrian Vallarino told the Los Angeles Times.
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I've only read the excerpt you posted, but on the surface, I have no problem with it...
... it's the people coming WITHOUT a green card I have an issue with.
Recently I attended a Mexican concert that promised the popular Mariachi group Los Cadetes de Linares as the leading act. Guess what. No Los Cadetes. Bait and switch. It happens here all the time, and the Mexican audiences keep falling for it.
I predict a bait and switch on this show, too.
As long as they're offering the green card services to someone who is not already here illegally I have no problem with it.
If the contestants are in the U.S. illegally already and competing for these services I think they should all be tracked down and deported.
So when they show up to claim their prize, win a meeting with Officer Unfriendly of the Border Patrol, right?
People watch Mexican gameshows for one reason only:
The chicks are WAY hotter than the chicks on American television.
I watch Telemundo all the time and the extent of my knowledge of Spanish appears on the Taco Bell menu.
Attorney Richard Sherman, representing Liberman Broadcasting, said contestants are made aware of the risks.
"If you're illegal, it probably would be better not to be on anybody's radar screen," Sherman said. "It's possible there is some risk of that. But I don't think it's going to catch the attention of Homeland Security. They have other things to do now."
Many [not all] of the contestants have student or work visas or have applied to become residents.
"Sabado Gigante" is one of the best shows in the world...and I don't understand a single word of it.
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