An odd story about John Hostettler in the Courier Press. Apparently he held a hearing on immigration where he intended to have members of Congress as the only witnesses. Problem is, no one showed up. So, he held another one. The article says he opened the hearing “using words like “under siege,” “invasion” and “society is gravely burdened.””
The article quoted only the lone Democratic witness:
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the only Democratic witness, said the immigration system we have doesn’t serve anyone well – “Not immigrants, not businesses, not national security and not the American people.”
But he said, “I caution you not to apply a sledgehammer approach. It doesn’t matter whether we are white, black or brown, we are one family, one house, one nation. Maybe our mothers came in different boats, but we are all in the same boat now.”
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