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And we wonder how terrorists got into our country...

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  1. drapg

    drapg Member

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    when this kind of crap goes on.


    Reality show offers potential green card
    Friday, August 6, 2004 Posted: 12:02 PM EDT (1602 GMT)

    LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Some TV shows offer an extreme makeover, others a bid for pop stardom. But the hottest reality show in the U.S. Hispanic market is offering the ultimate prize -- a potential green card to immigrants desperate to pursue the American dream.

    "Gana la Verde" ("Win the Green") has attracted big audiences and hundreds of contestants willing to eat burritos crammed with live worms, jump off high-speed trucks or wash skyscraper windows in exchange for a year's legal help in speeding up their visa or green card cases.

    The show, run five times a week on small Spanish-language television channels in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston and Dallas, was the brainchild of Lenard Liberman, executive vice president of the independent TV and radio company Liberman Broadcasting.

    "When you are in the Hispanic market, you realize that immigration and legal status is the number one issue ... They want to be able to earn a living and not have the pressure of wondering if they are able to stay or not," Liberman said on Thursday.

    "We could do a show and give the winner a cash prize, or a toaster oven. But I thought, what would be the ultimate prize for someone living in the United States as an immigrant? ... To have a prestigious law firm handle their case would be something invaluable," he said.


    Has anyone watched this? They say it airs in Houston.
     
    #1 drapg, Aug 6, 2004
  2. Dr of Dunk

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    Anything this crazy needs a link. :D
     
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  3. drapg

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    #3 drapg, Aug 6, 2004
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    Where is this filmed?
     
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  5. Dr of Dunk

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    Now that I've re-read it, it's pretty sad, but I don't think there's anything illegal about it. It's not like they're handing out green cards. :)
     
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  6. SamFisher

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    I'm pretty sure no terrorists will get in here by going on Mexican Fear Factor --- but maybe thats what the terrorists want us to think! :eek:
     
    #6 SamFisher, Aug 6, 2004
  7. drapg

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    'twas tongue-in-cheek.

    I needed a catchy thread title.

    Deal with it.
     
    #7 drapg, Aug 6, 2004
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    Misleading thread title --- mod please lock. ;)
     
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  9. edc

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    Go nuts :)

    KZJL, Channel 61 in Houston, 6-7pm.
     
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  10. drapg

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    awesome!
     
    #10 drapg, Aug 6, 2004
  11. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Mexican Fear Factor:
    Host: You're gonna have to drink..... our water.
    Contestant: Nooooo!!!!!!!
    Host: Yep. You're gonna have to drink it.
     
    #11 PhiSlammaJamma, Aug 6, 2004
  12. Refman

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    This bothers me a lot. They cannot just award a green card. Whoever wins the competition would have to apply for the green card. Unless the INS has whored themselves out to Hollywood, this won't fly.
     
    #12 Refman, Aug 6, 2004
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    Me as well. I say this in all seriousness... this is one step closer to "Running Man."
     
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  14. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Competing reality shows would be great. Mexicos "Run for the Border" and our own primetime "Border Patrol". Of course the unknown factors like Scott Peterson could create additional spinoffs.
     
    #14 PhiSlammaJamma, Aug 6, 2004
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    The prize is not a green card, but expensive immigration lawyers handling the case of the winner. I would guess the producers have pre-screened to the point all of the contestants meet any requirements to stay in the US long-term.
     
    #15 edc, Aug 6, 2004
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