California GOP Planning Their Own Hearings

Republicanlegislative leaders Wednesday announced that a new task force will holda series of anti-undocumented immigration town-hall meetings throughout thestate — a move that drew attacks and questions of legality fromDemocrats.

A Republican spokesman said the task force hopes to “give voice”to those who haven’t been heard on the issue, avoid a “shoutingmatch” with immigrant advocates and pressure the Legislature to act on undocumented-immigration problems.

About a half-dozen meetings are expected beginning this month,before the Legislature’s scheduled end of its 2005-06 session Aug. 31.The Democrat-dominated Legislature is debating a handful of measuresrelated to undocumented immigration as it wraps up for the year. A generalelection looms Nov. 7, as well. Click here.

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