"The death of Mr. Perez, who was here illegally, upset the already fragile relations in this wealthy village in northern Westchester County, where professionals and owners of rambling horse farms coexist with day laborers and struggling families. About one-quarter of residents are Hispanic, most of them immigrants from Guatemala. The death of Mr. Perez followed at least two other suspicious and unsolved homicides of illegal immigrants in recent years. Santos Bojorguez, 33, was found strangled here in 2003, and Robert Martinez, 42, was killed the same way in 2004. "
Mount Kisco isn’t “wealthy” in the way Bedford and Chappaqua are. While Kisco has a number of fairly affluent areas (although not as wealthy as Chappaqua or Bedford), the other half of the town is filled with housing projects (which get periodic drug raids) and dilapidated slums that pack unsafe numbers of illegals and/or their families into small spaces. Periodically ICE or local authorities have targeted an apartment or two, but the illegal problem persists because people STILL hire them in the area. It’s still not as bad as Peekskill or Brewster (or Port Chester or Mamaroneck) but I would say the town ranks high as being a hotspot for illegals.
As a former resident, I can attest to the problem with illegals. Occasionally I would find their garbage littering the woods near my house (many of them are homeless and take the liberty of sleeping in Leonard Park and in small wooded areas on private property!)