Immigration hearings: Latinos kept silent in Gainesville
By Eugenia Miranda, Atlanta Latino of Georgia, 17 August 2006. English Language.
While republican congressional leaders across the country are portraying the immigration reform field hearings as useful for gathering various viewpoints about the issue, the hearing held in Gainesville at the U.S. courthouse on August 14 entitled, “Immigration: Economic Impact on American Workers and their Wages,” was anything but balanced.
U.S. House of Representative Charlie Norwood (R-GA), acted as the chairperson, began the hearing with a disturbing story of a three-year-old Georgia girl who was raped by an illegal immigrant, and emphasizing that the borders must be “secured” and as such sealed by 36,000 to 48,000 National Guard troops.
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