Mayor Hires ILLEGALS — Claims Racial Profiling When They’re Arrested!

Mayor blames police for racial profiling

Critics accuse Bogota official of hypocrisy

MELISSA CASTRO

Accused of hypocrisy in hiring two illegal immigrants, a Bergen County mayor — and staunch foe of illegal immigration — is turning the tables once again, accusing his own police department of racial profiling.

Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, whose English-only stances have made him a national figure in right-wing circles, last week said he accidentally hired two undocumented workers to assemble yard signs for his taxpayer-advocacy group. Police last Monday had picked up the two workers on Lonegan’s property, allegedly in response to a call from a neighbor who noticed two men inside the unoccupied house.

On Saturday, Lonegan began calling for an investigation of the police action. “I want to know who made the call, I want to know when and I want to know why these guys were detained,â€