CHC ON ARREST OF GERMAN BUSINESSMAN IN ALABAMA

Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released this statement in response to the announcement that a German manager with Mercedes-Benz was arrested in Tuscaloosa for failing to show proof that he was legally allowed in the United States, under Alabama’s new law targeting illegal immigrants.

"This is what any state can expect when ill-conceived laws are enacted. This highlights the disastrous consequences of profiling as well as the potential threat to foreign investment in a state that enacts and enforces laws that lead to arrests of anyone who doesn't speak, act or look in a "non-suspicious" manner. Of course, laws such a HB56 will also result in arrests of American citizens. Let us hope Henry Kissinger doesn't visit Alabama anytime soon."