Mr. Speaker. last year the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights subpoenaed members of the Florida proposition 187 committee. a grassroots organization Interested In curbing Illegal immigration. The Commission went so for as to subpoena all of the groups internal documents. including reports. memos. and computergenerated printouts. In the words of one housewife who was paid a visit by a U.S. marshal. she felt intimidated and harassed by the Commission and felt like she was living in the land of the Gestapo. By statute. the Commission is granted subpoena power to conduct factfinding hearings on discrimination and racial tensions. But whose civil rights are they protecting?
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