The State - News from March 10, 1988

A proposal to use “tortilla-grams” to alert illegal aliens about the government’s amnesty program has failed to generate total support in the South Bay area. The Immigration and Naturalization Service said only one of four tortilla companies agreed to stuff the bilingual reminders reading “Don’t Get Left Behind, Apply by May 4” into their corn and flour tortilla packages. “It wasn’t a vehement, strong reaction against the idea,” Robert Sanchez, an INS spokesman, said. “They just didn’t want to be involved.” The government plan is part of a nationwide campaign to alert illegal aliens of the deadline to apply for amnesty under the 1986 1231908201Sanchez said the “tortilla-gram” program did meet with some success in Stockton and Salinas.