Immigration hustlers to air lie on CNN

The National Immigration Forum Action Fund, on whose Board of Directors sits one Jeb Bush, Jr, produced a commercial set to air on CNN, including during the second Republican presidential nomination debate.

The ad contrasted archival clips of  Ronald Reagan with new ones of various candidates. But it did so with zero regard for accuracy; by its calculated promotion of a false narrative, the organization disqualified itself as a legitimate participant in the conversation.

As shown in the ad, Reagan in a 1989 speech characterized the United States as a "shining city on a hill:" "And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here."

Donald Trump is shown in abbreviated clips, criticizing immigrants and promising, "I will build a great, great wall."

Not shown in the National Immigration Forum Action Fund commercial is Trump's frequent declaration of support for legal immigration, including the very 'door' of which Reagan spoke.

"This will be a wall with a big, very beautiful door," Trump pledged on CBS Sunday, in August. "Because we want the legals to come back into the country."

If the National Immigration Forum Action Fund and Jeb Bush, Jr. feel they have a legitimate case to make, they should do so honestly. Not with this sleight-of-hand manipulation of video clip excerpts.

This commercial demonstrates arrogance, lack of integrity, and unhesitant willingness to lie to American voters for electoral gain.

It is at base phony.