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No illegals here

Karen Francisco | The Journal Gazette

Gov. Mitch Daniels last week appointed Susana Duarte De Suarez to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. She looks to be an excellent pick: President and CEO of a communications company with executive experience in several Fortune 500 companies and public-sector experience with FEMA. An Ohio State grad, she was chief communications officer for the Peace Corps.

What caught my attention, however, was this line: "She is a U.S. citizen born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico."

In the same news release, there was no mention of the resident status of a West Lafayette businessman appointed to the Purdue board of trustees.

What a sad comment on our political climate that the governor's office must cite U.S. citizenship in a news release announcing a superbly qualified individual who happens to be Hispanic.

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Karen Francisco, editorial page editor for The Journal Gazette, has been an Indiana journalist since 1981. She writes frequently about education for The Journal Gazette opinion pages and here, where she looks at the business, politics and science of learning as it relates to northeast Indiana, the state and the nation. She can be reached at 260-461-8206 or by e-mail at kfrancisco@jg.net.
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