The article was originally posted by the Northwest Arkansas Gazette in 2007, as part of an article by Associated Press reporter Jon Gambrell, but then mysteriously vanished from all online news sources. It was recovered by reaching out to the reporter himself.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) _ U.S. Rep. John Boozman said Hispanic immigrants coming to northwest Arkansas overwhelm police and courts with false identities, leaving warrants unserved and cases unprosecuted.

Boozman said the influx of Hispanic workers also affects schools, where children of Hispanic immigrants speak what he called “jive Spanish” and need remedial help in their own language before learning English. Boozman also wondered what effect Hispanic immigrants would have on Medicare as they age.

¶ “You’re not going to be a roofer until you’re 65 years old, working 16-hour days,” Boozman said. “We’ll pay disability for people who have carpal tunnel syndrome and can’t work. Many of those people will become disabled. They’ll become unemployable because we can’t retrain them” because their level of education is too low.