Friday, August 24, 2007

'I Am Mad:' Head of immigration PAC urges Forsyth officials to get tough on illegals

By Blair Goldstein
JOURNAL REPORTER


William Gheen said he wants illegal immigrants out of North Carolina.
(Journal Photo by Lauren Carroll)

Forsyth County leaders listened last night as a critic of the nation’s immigration policies argued that stopping illegal immigration requires the political will of local, state and federal officials.

William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee, spoke to the Forsyth County Republican Women’s club at Forsyth Technical Community College’s West Campus.

Gheen said that illegal immigrants are corroding the social fabric of American communities and urged local leaders - including County Commissioners Gloria Whisenhunt, Debra Conrad and Bill Whiteheart, as well as Sheriff Bill Schatzman, all Republicans and who were at the meeting - to take action locally.

“I am mad,â€