“California continues to be one of the most generous states with immigrants,” was how anchor Satcha Pretto launched into a recent Univision morning news story about the implementation of a new California initiative that will channel $15 million of taxpayer money to organizations such as Hermandad Mexicana (the Mexican Brotherhood), in order to “help those who are trying to acquire their citizenship.”

As indicated in California’s new state budget, the referenced millions will be specifically given as contracts or grants “to non-profit organizations to provide application assistance for naturalization or to undocumented immigrants for deferred action, and support immigration-related education and outreach efforts.”

As reported by Univision’s Juan Carlos González, following on the heels of other recent state actions to dramatically expand health insurance and employment opportunities for unauthorized immigrants in the state, this latest initiative evidently has a clear political objective.

JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ, REPORTER: With this measure, the state of California also aims to increase the participation of the Hispanic community in the 2016 election.

“The measure comes at a time when California’s Latino community is now the majority over any other race, and at the same time is the victim of racist attacks in different parts of the country,” González added.

The story’s electoral empowerment narrative was reinforced by political analyst Octavio Pescador, whose Democratic Party affiliation was not revealed to viewers. “Upon receiving state support to, first, become legal residents and later citizens, those Latinos who weren’t born here but are here, are going to have a much stronger voice within the political structure,” Pescador observed.

González pointed out as many as 2.5 million residents of California are eligible to become U.S. citizens. No voices of opposition to the program were included in the report.

Relevant portions of the referenced news segment are transcribed below: