Commissioners to meet with immigration lawyer

Dec 18, 2007


Want to know actions they can take to stem illegal-immigration tide

By DAN PARSONS

Staff Writer

Early next month, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet with a lawyer experienced in the debate over illegal immigration.

Michael Hethmon, general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, will meet with commissioners to answer their questions about what they can legally do at the county level to stem illegal immigration. The IRLI, which represents U.S. citizens in immigration-related matters, is the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s affiliate that provides legal services to FAIR.

“At the county level, all we want to do is stop the incentives ... stop the freebies,â€