Lawmaker’s anti-immigrant “statistics” traced to fringe groups and websites
By Rob Schofield
On Friday November 9, State Representative George Cleveland of Onslow County sent a document to all “exchange users” of the North Carolina General Assembly email system (i.e. all legislators and legislative staff) entitled “Interesting Statistics.” Cleveland, you may recall, was the person who uttered this statement in support of his proposal to tax international money transfers by undocumented persons:
"Anyone working in a Western Union I would hope has enough common sense to be able to discern who they should question and who they shouldn't… If a fella comes in with a pair of shaggy boots on, and jeans and a t-shirt, and he's got a straw hat on? I mean, come on! Give me a break!
Cleveland’s email offers up 13 numbered sentences (or sentence fragments) – each of which purports to offer a damning statistic on how much “illegal aliens” are costing the United States. His estimated total cost: “a WHOPPING $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!!!” (more...)
NC Policy Watch
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