Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell apologized Sunday evening for his portrayal of the Mexican immigrant community in Sunday's News & Observer article about his county’s growing Hispanic population. The apology came in a one-paragraph statement e-mailed to the newspaper shortly before 5 p.m. after today’s newspaper included a front-page article in which Bizzell criticized illegal immigrants for “breeding like rabbits” and declared, “Mexicans are trashy.”
Daisy Diaz wore a tailored suit and a serious expression as she rose to take her oath of U.S. citizenship Friday. She gave no sign, with her businesslike demeanor, that this was the end of a 22-year struggle that almost landed her and her husband back in war-torn El Salvador, which they had fled.
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