U.N. human rights official cancels Pr. William visit


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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - United Nations human rights official Jorge Bustamante canceled his visit to Prince William County late Monday on the eve of his investigation into the community’s new enforcement of illegal-immigration laws.

Bustamante, U.N. officials and immigrant advocates who coordinated his trip would not say why it was abruptly abandoned, but both critics and supporters of the county’s policy speculated the United Nations balked at the attention the visit generated.

“Something unexpected of extreme gravity came up, totally outside of my control, that has made it impossible for me to take the red-eye flight that was already reserved from San Diego to Washington,â€