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Salma Hayek was an illegal alien?

Yes, briefly.

In a recent interview with Spain’s V magazine, Salma Hayek, 44, said without much elaboration that she was once an illegal alien. In an article entitled “Armas de Mujer” or “A Woman’s Weapons,” Hayek said that she was in the U.S. illegally “for a small period of time….” After Hayek moved to L.A. in 1991 to study acting, her visa expired. The actress then returned to Mexico and immediately cleared up the immigration issue.

One of only a few latinas to be nominated for the best actress Oscar,  Hayek also discussed the racial discrimination that she encountered when starting out in Hollywood:

“It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.”

Hayek is known for her advocacy on behalf of women and undocumented workers and for her roles in “Frida” and “From Dusk Til Dawn.”

To me, it seems amazing that an immigration debate is raging in a country filled with nothing but immigrants. Even Native Americans came from somewhere else.

-Bill at

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