Posted on 10/23/2002 8:36:07 AM PDT by boris
Father's Modest Dream Leads to Tragic Journey
Mexican migrant who hoped to earn enough to finish his home died in rail car.
By Richard Boudreaux, Times Staff Writer
LOS CONOS, Mexico -- Roberto Esparza was a skilled, hard-working young man with a welding shop in his mother's garage. He had a baby son, the joy of his life, and a modest start toward his dream: the mud-brick walls of a little home for his new family.
But one day in June, Esparza despaired of his limits and made a heartbreaking choice. Welding jobs in this poor farming village bring $4 on a good day, too little for building materials in addition to food, so he turned to a thriving local businessman for help.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Sir:
It is by now quite plain that the political-correctness handbook of the Los Angeles Times prohibits describing illegal aliens in any terms not glowing with approval.
Your latest contemptible case in point, the 1,474-word page-1 story "Father's Modest Dream Leads To Tragic Journey", uses the unmodified word "migrant" nine times, "undocumented" twice, and "illegal" not once. Unwillingness to use plain language shows a hidden agenda, a desire deliberately to mislead.
It is the common practice of scoundrels.
--Boris
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