Shocker: The Gannett-owned rag also ‘forgot’ to use the word ‘illegal’ – in conjunction with ‘immigrant’ – throughout the body of their propaganda. In fact, ‘illegal’ is missing entirely from their puff piece.

[Sad Hill side note: This is a textbook case of how 'the system' warps minds. I encourage readers to review the long list of Gannett owned 'media' outlets at the end of this article. Recognize any?] 

Asheville, NC Marchers Decry Immigration Raid

(Asheville Citizen-Times) Protesters took to downtown streets Sunday to voice opposition to a recent immigration raid in Asheville that led to the arrests of 12 Shogun Buffet restaurant workers.

About 100 people, including some of the workers who were arrested, took part in a march that started and ended at the Vance Monument, with stops at Pritchard Park and the Buncombe County Courthouse.

Sharing the crowded sidewalks with holiday shoppers and chanting “No more raids” and other slogans, many carried signs such as “Justice for the Shogun 12” and “ICE out of our communities.”

Audencio Diaz, of Asheville, one of the Shogun workers arrested, marched with his wife and 1-year-old daughter. The 23-year-old immigrant from Guatemala, who was a cook at Shogun, hasn’t worked since his arrest and is worried about how he will provide for his family.

“I’m afraid to go back to work,” Diaz, who’s been in the U.S. seven years, said through an interpreter. “I don’t know what to do. That’s all I can think about day and night.”

Jailed in Henderson for four days before his release, Diaz faces a deportation hearing in Charlotte, but no date has been set.

Loida Ginocchio-Silva, an activist with local immigrants rights group Defensa Comunitaria, said the Dec. 1 raid at the Brevard Road restaurant by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers runs counter to a recent Obama administration policy change focusing immigration enforcement on criminal activities and threats to the public. The group is calling for an end to deportation proceedings against the 12 and for humane immigration reform.

Nine of the workers have each posted a $2,000 bond and been released from the Henderson County Jail, the area’s ICE holding center.

But three are still being detained at a regional ICE facility in Georgia.

Breakout the violin…

“Our immigration system is broken and repressive,” Ginocchio-Silva said. “These people were arrested at their workplace. If they don’t release them, those three will spend the holidays in jail instead of with their families.”

Among the marchers was Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell, who said he was supporting the effort because of the need for immigration reform.

“Our immigration policy is extremely misguided,” said Bothwell, who’s running for Congress.

“We need to streamline the path to citizenship for people who are here to work. Any sanctions should be against employers, not workers.”

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A list of Gannett owned brain-washing vehicles  — Lookout Military! You’re not immune to the poisonous tentacles of George Orwell’s liberal-socialist propaganda machine:

United States – USA Today

Alabama – The Montgomery Advertiser

Arizona – The Arizona Republic, Phoenix / Tucson Citizen

Arkansas – The Baxter Bulletin

California – The Desert Sun, Palm Springs / The Salinas Californian / Tulare Advance-Register / Visalia Times-Delta

Colorado – Fort Collins Coloradoan

Delaware – The News Journal, Wilmington

Florida – Florida Today, Brevard County / Fort Myers News-Press / Pensacola News Journal / Tallahassee Democrat / FSView & Florida Flambeau / Central Florida Future / Seminole Chronicle

Guam – Pacific Daily News, Hagatna

Indiana – The Indianapolis Star / Journal and Courier, Lafayette / Chronicle-Tribune, Marion / The Star Press, Muncie / Palladium-Item, Richmond

Iowa – The Des Moines Register / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Kentucky – The Courier-Journal, Louisville

Louisiana  – The Town Talk, Alexandria / The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette / The News-Star, Monroe / Daily World, Opelousas /The Times, Shreveport

Maryland – The Daily Times, Salisbury

Michigan – Battle Creek Enquirer / Detroit Free Press / Lansing State Journal / Times Herald, Port Huron / Press & Argus, Livingston County

Minnesota – St. Cloud Times

Mississippi – Hattiesburg American / The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Missouri – Springfield News-Leader, Springfield

Montana – Great Falls Tribune

Nevada –  Reno Gazette-Journal

New Jersey – Asbury Park Press / Courier-News, Bridgewater / The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill / Home News Tribune, East Brunswick / Daily Record, Morristown / The Daily Journal, Vineland / Ocean County Observer, Toms River

New York – Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton / Star-Gazette, Elmira / The Ithaca Journal / Poughkeepsie Journal / Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester (original flagship newspaper) / The Journal News, Westchester County

North Carolina – Asheville Citizen-Times

Ohio – Newspaper Network of Central Ohio / Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus / Chillicothe Gazette / The Cincinnati Enquirer / Coshocton Tribune / The News-Messenger, Fremont / Lancaster Eagle-Gazette / Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield / The Marion Star / The Advocate (Newark), Newark / News Herald, Port Clinton / Times Recorder, Zanesville

Oregon – Statesman Journal, Salem

South Carolina – The Greenville News / Link (magazine)

South Dakota – Argus Leader, Sioux Falls / Dell Rapids Tribune, Dell Rapids

Tennessee – The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville / The Jackson Sun / The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro / The Tennessean, Nashville

Utah – The Spectrum, St. George

Vermont – The Burlington Free Press

Virginia – The News Leader, Staunton

Wisconsin – The Post-Crescent, Appleton / The Reporter, Fond du Lac / The Green Bay News-Chronicle (folded 6/3/05) / Green Bay Press-Gazette / Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc / Marshfield News-Herald / Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh / The Sheboygan Press / Stevens Point Journal / Wausau Daily Herald / Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids

Others – Army Times Publishing Company – publications include Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, Defense News and Federal Times.

Nursing Spectrum – mostly biweekly nursing employment magazines. Includes Nurseweek titles.

Career builder – A Job finding website.

United Kingdom – Newsquest Media Group

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More ‘convenient victim‘ Gannett tripe – ‘Transsexual Student Demands Access To Girls Bathroom’: HERE

All In The Family – Obama illegal aliens: HERE