Lawmaker blasts sheriff over immigration booklet
Aug 10, 2008 9:24 AM (20 mins ago) AP

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -
Republican state lawmaker Doug Bruce is blasting the El County Sheriff's office for distributed booklets that advise suspected illegal immigrants of their rights.

Bruce told El Paso County Commissioners last week the booklets undermine the local government's stated support for immigration enforcement but Sheriff Terry Maketa says Bruce's allegations are a "blatant lie."

The booklet Bruce referred to had the headline: "Warning! Protect yourself from immigration raids."

The literature produced by the American Friends Service Committee was distributed at a monthly meeting of the sheriff's victim advocate program.

Maketa says the literature is not endorsed by his office and that they don't have time to review all the materials that may be handed out.

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