Thread: Informal hearing highlights illegal immigrant criminals

Informal hearing highlights illegal immigrant criminals
By Eunice Moscoso | Thursday, September 11, 2008, 04:41 PM



Army Staff Sgt. Anita Shaw spoke emotionally Thursday about receiving a call in Iraq, during her second tour of duty, that her son Jamiel, a high school football star in Los Angeles, had been killed. Police have charged an illegal immigrant believed to be a gang member with the crime.

“We are supposed to be the land of the free, the proud, the brave, but it seems that we are being taken over by another country././. the illegal alien gang bangers,â€

sure we need facts. but once we have them dear Lofgren then get to work and enough with this obfuscation. it seems to me that those corrupt politicians are getting hot under the collar!

[quote]The unofficial hearing was decried by immigrant advocates as an attempt to exploit the grief of crime victims to paint all foreigners as criminals in order to further an anti-immigrant political agenda.

The Immigration Policy Center, an advocate group, said that the gathering was “irresponsible and dangerous.â€

[quote]Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who chairs the House Judiciary subcommittee that overseas immigration issues, said that was not true.

“I don’t know what is the matter with this guy,â€