Monday, October 04, 2010

Summit spotlights immigrant rights

This conference in South Carolina talked about immigration not being a law enforcement issue, but rather an economic and social issue. - - Donna Poisl

By Josh Humphries, The Daily Reflector

The border between the United States and Mexico needs to be demilitarized, human rights advocate Isabel Garcia, said.

Garcia gave the keynote address at the third annual Latino Leadership Summit held Friday at the East Carolina Heart Center.

Garcia, an attorney in Arizona and migrant and human rights advocate, said people are dying on the border in Arizona, where private security forces are charged with enforcing immigration laws.
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