TEXAS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SPEAK ON IMMIGRATION

TELEPHONIC BRIEFING
Texas Elected Officials and Sheriffs Offer Alternative View of Immigration

WHAT: On Wednesday, August 16, the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a "field hearing" in Houston entitled “Criminal Activity and Violence along the Southern Border.” It is part of an ongoing series of 21 congressional hearings that have been held across the country this month on immigration issues, most if not all of them painting an extremely negative picture of immigrants and their contribution to the U.S. A group of Texas elected officials and law enforcement officers take a different view, and they would like to set the record straight in advance of the Houston hearing. They will address questions about immigrants and crime, immigrants and the South Texas economy, border security, immigration reform, and the role of local law enforcement in controlling the immigrant flow.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 8:30 am CT

HOW: Dial: (800) 289-0494 or (913) 981-5520
Confirmation Code: 1639914

WHO: The following elected officials and law enforcement officers will speak:

John Cook, mayor of El Paso
Richard Cortez, mayor of McAllen
Chad Foster, mayor of Eagle Pass
John David Franz, mayor of Hidalgo
Raul Salinas, mayor of Laredo
Beto Salinas, mayor of Mission
Eddie Trevino, mayor of Brownsville
Richard Wiles, police chief of El Paso

Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute will moderate.