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Immigrant of the Day: Peter Griffin (Mexico?)

By immigrationprof

250pxfamilyguyfamilypromo Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist of the hit Fox television show “Family Guy.” He’ is 43-years old man of Irish (and partially black) descent currently residing in Rhode Island with his family. 

In an episode (Padre de Familia (Family Guy)) that first aired on November 18, 2007, Peter Griffin starts an anti-immigration group, but immediately changes his views after discovering he was born in Mexico. Unable to prove his American citizenship and the legitimacy of his marriage, he is deemed an “illegal immigrant,” separated from his wife Lois by authorities, and forced to work on his father-in-law’s estate as a groundskeeper, all the while leading the fight for immigrant rights.

KJ