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VIDEO: Ocasio-Cortez Describes Herself As ‘Therapist’ For Her ‘Traumatized’ District

you thought the floodgates for illegal immigrants were wide open in Los Angeles up until now, hold on to your sombrero. Now that Antonio Villaraigosa has been elected mayor you ain't seen nothin' yet. The guy who was Chairman of the UCLA chapter of MEChA, the anti-American and anti-Israel Mexican separatist group; the guy with the "born to raise hell" tattoo; the guy who was past district president of the ACLU; the guy who rewards illegal aliens with Matricula Consular IDs; the guy who wants to give illegal aliens driver's licenses; the guy who supports Special Order 40, the regulation...

UPDATED: 05/16/2005 Hahn's no moderate Villaraigosa deserves election Los Angeles Daily News Editorial In an audacious attempt to rewrite his record, Mayor James Hahn has turned into a political chameleon. He has spent the last few weeks of the runoff election trying to convince moderate and conservative Los Angeles voters - especially those in the San Fernando Valley - that, at least in spirit, he's a Republican, while challenger Antonio Villaraigosa is some wide-eyed, left-wing radical. The truth - on both counts - is very different from what Hahn would have us believe. Hahn a Republican? There's a laugh. He's...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday plunged into the kind of controversy that could underlie his role as the first Latino leader of the multicultural city in over a century. Villaraigosa, 52, the high school dropout son of Mexican immigrants, scored a resounding election victory over incumbent James Hahn in Tuesday's mayoral elections, making him one of the nation's highest profile Latino leaders. Despite a campaign that underplayed race and a result that reflected cross-cultural support, Villaraigosa's historic win also underscored the growing influence of Latino voters in California and across the United...