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Xavier Becerra, a Democratic governor candidate, addressed claims that he misrepresented his family’s immigration history. Critics accused him of falsely labeling his father as an immigrant when records show his father was born in Sacramento. However, Becerra’s campaign clarified that his father moved to Mexico with his family during childhood and returned to California as a teenager. The article also mentions a poll showing Becerra leading Steve Hilton with 45.7% support compared to Hilton's 40.1%, with 14.1% undecided.
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Xavier Becerra, the Democratic governor of California, addressed recent criticisms regarding his family's immigration background. Conservative critics like Kevin Spacey’s father-in-law, Rick Hilton, claimed that Becerra falsely labeled his late father, Manuel Guerrero Becerra, as an immigrant despite being born in Sacramento. In response, Becerra's campaign highlighted details from his father's life found on Wikipedia and news articles, noting that the elder Becerra was indeed born in 1928 but moved to Mexico with his family as a child, living in Tijuana before returning to California around age 13. Upon returning, he faced employment opportunities despite educational challenges for “migrants.” This revelation clarifies misconceptions and underscores Becerra’s Mexican American heritage.
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Democratic governor Xavier Becerra is clearing the air about claims he’s lied about his immigration story.
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Becerra, who often touts his Mexican American family’s immigrant background on the campaign trail, caught heat from conservative critics in recent days for labeling his late father Manuel Guerrero Becerra an “immigrant” — despite the fact he was born in Sacramento.
“Unlike Xavier Becerra, I am an immigrant.
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My whole family,” Hilton wrote.
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Hilton was born in London, becoming an American citizen in 2021.
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His parents were born in Hungary.
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Becerra’s campaign dismissed the criticisms and shared details of his father’s life that have been mentioned before on Becerra’s Wikipedia page and in news articles.
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The elder Becerra, who died in 2020, was born in Sacramento in 1928 as the eldest of eight children, according to an online obituary.
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His family then moved back to Mexico when he was a child, living in Tijuana before he returned to California as a teen.
“When he returned to California as a young teenager, living with relatives, he learned schools made little effort to teach an industrious ‘migrant’, but employers were intent on hiring him,” the obituary states of Becerra’s father, who later worked at a cannery and as a railroad construction worker.
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Becerra’s mother Maria Teresa was born in Guadalajara.
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Becerra spokesperson Jonathan Underland said it’s not uncommon in immigrant families for individuals to temporarily move back to their parents’ home countries.
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“Welcome to California Steve Hilton, when people born here are often raised in other countries and return, sometimes decades later, to build a new life for themselves in the best place on earth,” Underland said.
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“To quote the Secretary, Steve Hilton doesn’t seem to have a problem with immigrants who look like him — but openly attacks immigrants who look like Xavier Becerra.”
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“Trump ignited a deep anti-immigrant animus among MAGA voters, and Hilton is tapping into that as he scrambles to distract from his bizarre ad campaign that alienated some of his closest allies,” Underland continued, referring to Hilton’s recent lesbian-themed ad that ruffled feathers among some conservatives.
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However, a poll commissioned by Hilton’s campaign suggested the race tightened following a Sept. 30 CNN debate in which the rivals sparred over immigration, gas prices, taxes, and Hilton’s endorsement from President Donald Trump, who is very unpopular in California.
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The poll, conducted by pollster David Wolfson on Oct. 1-2 and released Sunday, surveyed 1,020 California voters and found Becerra with 45.7% support to Hilton’s 40.1%, while another 14.1% were undecided.
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