Business coalition for immigration reform says members receive disturbing comments


By Dan Popkey - dpopkey@idahostatesman.colm
Edition Date: 02/02/09

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Members of a new business group advocating immigration reform have been subjected to personal attacks and racist comments since announcing last month that they would advocate reforms to help secure an adequate labor supply, according to a lobbyist for the group.

Brent Olmstead of the Idaho Business Coalition for Immigration told the House Agriculture Committee on Monday that the group’s members have received disturbing feedback since announcing its aims on newspaper opinion pages across the state.

“Most of these letters and e-mails have ignored the issue of immigrant labor and instead have been based in personal insults and racist comments,â€