Mexican Consulate visit causes stir

By James Shea
and Harrison Metzger
Times-News Staff Writers
June 28, 2008

A visit by the Mexican Consulate planned for today set off an uproar from illegal immigration opponents who say the services will help those here illegally stay in the country.
The visit by the consulate, scheduled all day today at Blue Ridge Community College, generated objections from a Raleigh-based group, a planned protest by Republican congressional candidate Carl Mumpower and a quickly thrown together security plan by the college and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department.
“I’m getting inundated with e-mails about the visit,â€