Former Gibbons housekeeper speaks out (NV congressman)

[NVMojo]

A lawyer for a former Peruvian housekeeper and nanny of Jim and Dawn Gibbons said Monday that the couple hired her client knowing she was an undocumented worker.

Vicenta Montoya, immigration lawyer for Martha Patricia Sandoval, said Sandoval was happy working for the Gibbons family at $800 a month, but the couple fired her in 1993 because her employment, possibly illegal under federal law, could hurt Gibbons in his 1994 gubernatorial campaign.

Jim Gibbons is the Republican nominee for governor, opposed by Democrat Dina Titus.

"This was quite a bargain for $4 an hour for somebody who is going to cook, clean, iron, wash clothes and take care of your most precious possession, your child," Montoya said.

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Sandoval, speaking through an interpreter during a news conference in Reno, said she wanted to tell her story because of Jim Gibbons' stance as Nevada's 2nd Congressional District representative against undocumented immigration.

Gibbons has urged his fellow members of Congress to tighten the nation's border security laws and has voted for bills that would crack down on illegal immigration.

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[BlueManDude]

1. How he's even still in the race is beyond me. n/m

[tanyev]

2. Pukes want to crack down on all illegal immigrants--except

the ones who work for them.