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Friday, August 13, 2004 at 05:29PM
Immigrant rights groups demanded Thursday that a local
Spanish-language TV station cancel a "Fear Factor" type reality show
that offers winners immigration counsel, alleging the show takes
advantage of those desperate for a green card and a life in the United
States. The show features immigrants who compete in contests that have
included gulping down live tequila worms, fending off vicious attack
dogs and jumping between two speeding 18-wheelers. The groups say
Liberman Broadcasting's "Gana la Verde" or "Win the Green," shown on
stations in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston and Dallas, gives a false
impression of how the immigration process works and ridicules those
seeking legal status in the United States. They said it also makes
contestants who are illegal immigrants potential targets for U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [more ]