L.A. now in Mexico?
Billboard for TV newscast has 'CA' crossed out, Mexico added
LOS ANGELES �� A billboard ad for a Spanish-language TV newscast in L.A. on which the "CA" abbreviation after "Los Angeles" has been crossed out and the word "Mexico" added in its place.
Underneath are the Spanish words, "Tu ciudad. Tu equipo." �� Your city.
"This is almost a poster-board for illegal immigration," Peter Amundson, a volunteer with the California Republican Assembly told the Times. "This is America. We're a land of immigrants -- legal immigrants. This is not Mexico. This is the United States." He called the ads "a slap in the face to Californians and a pretty blatant one."
An e-mail to supporters of Americans for Legal Immigration states: "We just received this photo of a billboard in CA that reads 'Los Angeles CA' but the CA is crossed out and replaced by the word 'Mexico.' ..."


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