Frustrations over illegal immigration
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
Congressional hearing in Gastonia draws about 200 people
JOE DEPRIEST
The voice trembled as it spoke of a family’s suffering.
A nightmare that will never be forgotten, the woman said.
Emotion charged the voice at last week’s congressional subcommittee hearing in Gastonia on illegal immigration. It’s stuck in my memory.
Emily Moose told the panel about the death of her son, Mount Holly teacher Scott Gardner, 33. He was killed in a 2005 traffic accident. The other driver was an illegal immigrant accused of driving while impaired. Gardner’s wife, Tina, 32, was seriously injured.
I sat with about 200 other folks in the office of U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., of Charlotte, listening to Moose read a four-page statement to the subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.
Vice Chairman U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., of Cherryville, said North Carolina isn’t a border state, but "we’re impacted by people who chose to ignore the law."
Moose told the panel: "As time passes, our pain and our loss grows greater, our questions as to why have never been answered, our disbelief that something like this could happen in our country, and our frustration with a failed and broken system that cost us the ultimate price is mounting." (more….)
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