10:09 p.m. | Immigration rally turns heated
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
JIM MORRILL
jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com
An immigration reform rally turned into a sometimes heated debate Monday night, with a leading reform advocate blasting what she called federal amnesty proposals and critics questioning the wisdom of tougher border policies.
Bay Buchanan, chairman of a reform group called Team America PAC, headlined the rally at Phillip O. Berry Academy.
The rally drew more than 100 Latinos and other immigrant supporters who held candles and signs such as "Immigrants Build America" outside the school. The rally itself drew only about 30 people but around a dozen or so protesters went inside to hear Buchanan.
Buchanan called illegal immigration "the most critical issue we face as a nation." There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, including more than 300,000 in North Carolina. (more…)
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