Associated Press
HARTFORD,Connecticut -- A group that wants stronger immigration controls is causing controversy with a study that claims McDonald's disproportionately hires Hispanic workers in Connecticut. State officials have declined to launch an investigation despite demands from Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control.
And Fernando Betancourt, state commissioner for Latino and Puerto Rican affairs, said he finds it offensive that anyone would go to such lengths to monitor hiring.
"This sounds to me more like systematic persecution," he said.
Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control held its first meeting in Danbury as tension over immigration mounted there earlier this year. It has since held meetings around the state.
Members observed workers at 152 McDonald's around the state from April through November. They found that people they identified as Hispanic accounted for 87 percent of employees in Fairfield County and 64 percent of employees in New Haven County.
Posted by Richard at September 29, 2005