Sunday, December 30, 2007
Flaws in Forsyth's data on illegal immigrants cited in study
Study gauged services to illegal Hispanic immigrants


By Blair Goldstein
JOURNAL REPORTER


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Several Forsyth County commissioners are praising a new internal study that shows that illegal Hispanic immigrants will use $11.2 million in county services this fiscal year.

They say that the new data will help the county lobby state and federal officials for more stringent immigration laws.

But others say that the data is based on guesses and faulty logic, and thus is fatally flawed.

“There is an election next year,â€