Posted on 01/25/2007 1:16:20 PM PST by BunnySlippers
Cook Rosa Maria Salazar's eyes dart anxiously to the door as customers file into the Salvadoran cafe in a heavily Hispanic neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles.
"We're terrified. The police could come for us at any time and deport us," she said in Spanish earlier this week as diners fingered maize tortillas stuffed with beans and pork scratchings and chatted softly.
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"We hadn't seen anything like this here before, and it came as a shock," said Antonio Bernabe, a community worker who runs a day labor program at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
"The police didn't just take people with deportation orders, they took anybody ... guys who were just hanging out in the street and even from a Jack in the Box restaurant ... and now people are afraid to go out," he added.
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Some immigrants who followed the speech closely on Spanish-language television in Los Angeles remained hopeful of concessions in the aftermath of the sweep.
"I came here to work and help support my family, so obviously the raids were alarming," Salvadoran construction worker Remberto Flores told Reuters in Spanish as he waited for a bus in a neighborhood of taco stands and wire transfer shops.
"But we saw President Bush talk about reforms in the Senate, so maybe there will be some breaks for us as well," he added.
Others in the city believed that the only clear message from the raids and the speech was that the situation for immigrants in California had changed.
"We used to feel secure here," Nicaraguan electrician Manuel Salomon told Reuters as he sipped coffee in a Mexican bakery in the city. "But it looks like that honeymoon is over."
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"We used to feel secure here," Nicaraguan electrician Manuel Salomon told Reuters as he sipped coffee in a Mexican bakery in the city. "But it looks like that honeymoon is over.".
D'uh
I hope it's over. Won't hold my breath though.
That is GOOD news.
I am sure there are drug dealers who fear police raids, and rapists who are afraid of getting caught.
Deal with it......and leave.
Arrogant bastards!
Welcome to America, Now GO HOME!
"We used to feel secure here," Nicaraguan electrician Manuel Salomon told Reuters as he sipped coffee in a Mexican bakery in the city. "But it looks like that honeymoon is over."
The honeymoon should have ended 30 years ago. Time to sober up and start paying the bills.
Let me correct that headline for you:
California ILLEGAL ALIENS Fearful after Immigration Raids.
There. That's better.
If you are legally here, Latino or not, you have nothing to fear.
Hey now, they are AMERICANS after all!
Central Americans. :-)
Get in line like everyone else, work hard, come here to pursue the American Dream, assimilate, become a citizen and you will be respected and looked up to.
Come here, break the law, separate yourself, demand handouts and people will be angry.
It is that simple.
Based on the Bush example, she has more to fear from
ethanol making her fingered maize tortillas more expensive.
most criminals are when the police are closing in
Who says there is no good news today?
God forbid that you be worried that you might get caught breaking our laws
The way I figure...if you are here legally and have not done anything criminal, you have nothing to fear. If you are here illegally and/or have committed a crime...well, too bad. Suffer the consequences.
She wants us to believe anyone that even looked Latino was rounded up? No one's buying your beans, Maria.
And drug dealers are fearful after drug raids.
That's the nature of breaking the law.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this piece, being that it comes from Reuters, the anti-American, so-called news organization.
even from a Jack in the Box restaurant
Not the JACK IN THE BOX!!! That's just not right! If there's two things Jack In The Box is synonymous with, it's wholesome, convenient meals, served in a family friendly atmosphere, and sanctuary for illegals.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
I hope the IRS doesn't start auditing people or tax cheats might become fearful....
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