Chief: Deportation not city police role
By Keren Rivas / Times-News
October 12, 2007 6:36 PM
ELON — Understanding the obstacles the Hispanic community and those who work with them face is a difficult task.

Finding ways to get over those obstacles is even harder.

Providing a common ground between the two was one of the main focuses of a symposium on Hispanic issues sponsored by the Burlington-Alamance Sister Cities.

Before finding solutions, people need to talk about the problems, said state Sen. Tony Foriest, who attended the Friday event. Communication is the key, he added.

Event organizers said they wanted to provide a forum for people to talk about the issues facing the Hispanic community, particularly misconceptions about who the local Hispanics are.

They also wanted to explore the negative talk and hard feelings against Hispanics that seem to be prevalent in Alamance County.

“We are not here to argue with people,â€