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Brown, Whitman clash on immigration, education in first-ever Spanish-language debate – California Beat

Brown, Whitman clash on immigration, education in first-ever Spanish-language debate – California Beat

Brown, Whitman clash on immigration, education in first-ever Spanish-language debate

BY STEVEN LUO OCTOBER 2, 2010 NO COMMENTS PRINT SHARE

(10/2) — 20:18 PDT — FRESNO — Sparks flew as Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman clashed on immigration and education in California’s first ever Spanish-language gubernatorial debate Saturday.

Whitman, embroiled in a controversy over Nicandra Diaz Santillan, an illegal immigrant she employed as a housekeeper from 2000 to 2009, turned away from the audience of more than 500 at California State University Fresno and faced Brown as she told him he should be “ashamed” of putting Diaz at risk of deportation for his own political gain.

But Brown, who denies being involved in the release of the allegations, accused