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PRESIDENT CLINTON: NO OTHER NATION IN HISTORY HAS GONE THROUGH A DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE OF SUCH MAGNITUDE IN SO SHORT A PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT DO THE CHANGES MEAN?

NARRATOR: WHAT DO THE CHANGE MEAN? LET'S LISTEN TO ARMANDO NAVARRO, PROFESSOR OF CHICANO STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE.

ARMANDO NAVARRO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHAT THIS MEANS IS A TRANSFER OF POWER, IT MEANS CONTROL AND IT IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW MOVING TO DEVELOP AN AGENDA FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO REALLY MAKE THE PROMISE OF WHAT THE CHICANO MOVEMENT WAS ALL ABOUT IN TERMS OF SELF-DETERMINATION, IN TERMS OF EMPOWERMENT, AND EVEN IN THE TERMS OF THE IDEA OF AN AZTLAN!

NARRATOR: AZTLAN - ITS WHAT THE CHICANOS CALL THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST IT IS WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO LIBERATE. IT IS THE A IN MECHA - THE CHICANO STUDENT MOVEMENT WHICH IS REACHING INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

ON DECEMBER 4, 1998, THE CALIFORNIAN, A CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER, REPORTED THAT MECHA WAS TRYING TO MOVE ONTO THE KING CITY HIGH CAMPUS.

REPORTER JENNIFER RIOS OBSERVED, "THE GROUP ALSO URGES THE RETURN OF LAND IT CALLS 'AZTLAN' WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF CALIFORNIA. THE GROUP SAYS WHITE SETTLERS TOOK THE LANDS. SHE GOES ON - " THE MECHA CONSTITUTION SAYS FORCE CAN BE USED FOR THE RETURN AND LIBERATION OF THIS AREA."

WRITING IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ON DECEMBER 27, 1997, LAWYER DAN STEIN OF THE FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM - FAIR - ACCUSED ATTORNEY GENERAL DAN LUNGREN OF DRAGGING IN HIS FEET IN DEFENSE OF PROPOSITION 187. HE WAS RIGHT. LUNGREN - THE RELUCTANT SUPPORTER OF PROPOSITION 187 - REFUSED TO PUSH IT THROUGH THE COURTS. DAN LUNGREN FAILED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND LOST THE GOVERNORSHIP.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT MEANS WE GOT A GOVERNOR WHO IS CLOSELY ALLIED WITH THE RECONQUISTA MOVEMENT.

LT. GOV. GRAY DAVIS - JUNE 9, 1997: I TOOK THAT TIME TO PROCLAIM TONIGHT SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT DAY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IT HAS THE GOLD SEAL ATTACHED AND THIS IS YOUR DAY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO ENFRANCHISE THE LATINO POPULATION.

NARRATOR: AS GRAY DAVIS SPOKE TO SOUTHWEST VOTER A POSTER IN THE LOBBY SAID IT ALL. IT SHOWED A PROCESS WHICH STARTS WITH ILLEGAL RESIDENTS AND ENDS WITH A VOTER - A VOTER WHO WILL VOTE IN THE INTERESTS OF MEXICO.

IN 1996, HILDA SOLIS, A CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR, TOLD THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHWEST VOTER PROJECT THAT MEXICANS CAN BE AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS-THEY APPLAUDED IN AGREEMENT.

HILDA SOLIS , CALIF. STATE SENATOR: WE ARE ALL AMERICANS WHETHER YOU ARE LEGALIZED OR NOT.

NARRATOR: IN 1996, WITH MONEY FROM PACIFIC BELL, SOUTHWEST VOTER PRINTED OVER ONE MILLION VOTER REGISTRATION BROCHURES. ON THE BACK PAGE, IT EXPLAINED WHO CAN VOTE - IT MADE NO MENTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP - MANY BELIEVE THIS WAS DELIBERATE.

ON JULY 15, 1995, VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE TOLD THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE SOUTHWEST VOTER PROJECT THAT HE AND BILL CLINTON WOULD FIGHT PROPOSITION 187 AND ANY ATTEMPT AT SIMILAR LEGISLATION IN OTHER STATES. THE NEXT DAY, SOUTHWEST VOTER SPONSORED A CONCERT AT THE PASADENA CIVIC AUDITORIUM. THEY CALLED IT VOICES OF AZTLAN.

REP. ESTEBAN TORRES. (D-CA): WE ARE A SWING VOTE. THE KIND OF SWING VOTE THAT I'VE JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU CAN BRING GOVERNMENTS TO FALL OR TO RISE. THIS ORGANIZATION, ITS SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, HAS BEEN MOVING IN THIS HEMISPHERE. IN NICARAGUA, IN EL SALVADOR, IN MEXICO.

JOE BACA , CALIF ASSEMBLYMAN: 187 THE CCRI, WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND LET ME TELL YOU WE CAN'T GO BACK. YOU KNOW WE'RE IN A CIVIL WAR. UNITED WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UNITED WE MAKE THE CHANGES, UNITED LATINOS WILL WIN THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

NARRATOR: CALIFORNIA'S NEW LT. GOVERNOR, IS CRUZ. BUSTAMANTE -HE OWES HIS ELECTION TO HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIAN TRIBES SEEKING TO EXPAND THEIR POWER THROUGH GAMBLING OPERATIONS. IN 1993 MOTHER JONES REPORTED THAT A NEWS CONFERENCE CALLED TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION QUOTE- ENDED IN CHAOS - UNQUOTE BUSTAMANTE SAID QUOTE WE COULD NOT CONDUCT BUSINESS WITHOUT THE IMMIGRANT. UNQUOTE MOTHER JONES REPORTED QUOTE DUMBFOUNDED REPORTERS ASKED IF HE SUPPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. QUOTE MY DISTRICT REQUIRES IT, BUSTAMANTE ANSWERED. UNQUOTE. BUSTAMANTE RESTRICTED FUTURE PRESS CONFERENCES TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MEIA.

SHOWN HERE WITH MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE ANGEL GURRIA IN 1997, CRUZ BUSTAMANTE HAD GONE TO MEXICO TO MAKE AMENDS FOR QUOTE RACIST ACTIONS BY PETE WILSON AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. UNQUOTE. IN 1996 GURRIA HAD WARNED THE U.S. THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE QUOTE ON THE ROAD TO CONFRONTATION. UNQUOTE. OVER THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ISSUE.

NARRATOR: ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA- IS A FIREBRAND MEXICAN NATIONALIST - HE WAS PRESIDENT OF A CHAPTER OF MECHA - THE AZTLAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT. HE HAS CALLED FOR ISSUING DRIVERS LICENSES TO ILLEGAL ALIENS. HE WAS THE ONLY ELECTED LATINO OFFICIAL FROM CALIFORNIA WHO DARED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RADICAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1997 HE IS NOW THE SPEAKER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY.

FROM GRAY DAVIS, TO CRUZ BUSTAMANTE TO ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA TO RICHARD POLANCO, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND MEXICANS ARE QUICKLY SEIZING POWER IN CALIFORNIA. ONE OF GRAY DAVIS' MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS IS WHO WILL HEAD THE POWERFUL CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. HE CHOSE JOSE MEDINA, WHOSE MAIN CLAIM TO FAME WAS AS FOUNDING MEMBER OF INSTITUTO LABORAL DE LA RAZA, A MEXICAN LABOR ORGANIZATION.

IN LOS ANGELES THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE COMMISSION IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MALDEF, THE ORGANIZATION CO-FOUNDED BY MARIO OBLEDO - THERE IS AN OFFICIAL ORDER THAT THE LAPD WILL NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INS.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SON OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, THWARTS ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE LAWS WHICH WOULD SLOW THE MEXICAN INVASION. THE LIBERAL CITY COUNCIL BACKS HIM.

TWO MEXICANS ON THE COUNCIL, HERNANDEZ AND ALATORRE, ARE KNOWN LAW BREAKERS. A THIRD, RICHARD ALARCON, HAS VERY CLOSE TIES TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY. AND HE HAS JUST BEEN ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.

THE LIBERAL MEDIA WILL NEVER TELL AMERICANS THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GIVING THE SOUTHWEST TO MEXICO, BUT DAN LUNGREN HAD THE CHANCE TO, AND HE DIDN'T .