Update 6:12 p.m.: Mr. Sanchez was fired from CNN this afternoon.

Here are two excerpts of the Mr. Sanchez's comments on the air:

I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a kid; watching my dad work in a factory, wash dishes, drive a truck, get spit on. I’ve been told that I can’t do certain things in life simply because I was a Hispanic. My friends who are black, I’ve seen that with them; I’ve seen that with a lot of minorities. I can’t really think — although I understand the plight of Jews, and all the experiences, and the things that have happened historically for them — but I can’t say that my buddy Glen or my buddy Izzy who I grew up with in South Florida ever were prejudiced against directly simply because they were Jewish. There may have been jokes around them or about other things, but it’s kinda — you know what I’m saying, it’s kind of a different thing.

Later: I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they - the people in this country who are Jewish - are an oppressed minority? Yeah. [sarcastically]

The Daily Beast points out that the Anti-Defamation League's offices are closed for the Jewish holiday Sukkot, and Mr. Stewart won't have a chance to respond until Monday. If Mr. Sanchez's remarks are ill-advised, at least they were well-timed.

Highlights of the interview from The Daily Beast:

(h/t Steve Krakauer)