Posted on 10/13/2010 6:53:59 AM PDT by La Lydia
It is a bright afternoon early in the month, a moment of anxiety at a sun-faded apartment complex in north Phoenix. Down a dusty breezeway, workers are painting white a recently vacated unit...And across a barren courtyard, the blinds are drawn over the only window of another apartment, where a conversation is underway.
A week has passed since the state's controversial new immigration law took partial effect, since its supporters began waving signs - "Adios, illegals!" - and since the woman inside the apartment decided the city has become so dangerous for her that it is best to keep hidden inside.
"We are thinking she could go in the back of her uncle's truck - he drives an 18-wheeler," says the woman's husband, John, a U.S. citizen, suggesting how his wife, Viridiana, who is Mexican and crossed the U.S. border illegally eight years ago, might leave Arizona.
"I'm scared of that," says Viridiana, who has a disabled 5-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter.
"We could all go in the van," John suggests. "But then I could be arrested for harboring . . . "
The discussion, one of many such conversations going on across Arizona, and especially Phoenix, the hot, flat sprawl that is the latest crucible in the national debate over the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants. The reason is the law and, more broadly, a shift in mood concerning illegal immigration. Although a federal judge blocked key parts of the measure in July - a federal appeals court hearing is set for Nov. 1 - the anger and frustration that inspired it has continued. At least five other states and more cities and towns have introduced similar legislation and, in this election season, politicians are blaming illegal immigrants for everything from crime to the festering economic malaise....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Not too sure about that. There has been noticeably fewer around my town. But that could be from the screeching halt in all these crap houses popping up all over.
Must be a cultural thing... Nothing like whoring put on a pedestal as an example/role Model...
boo effing hoo
LOL!
Ping...
The article says "...their only income is a monthly $600.00 government check that John gets for the boy." It should say, "Their only income is a monthly $600.00 government check the boy gets for being an anchor baby. At age five, he has received more government aid than most children born to American Citizens. So, by coming here illegally, his mother has contributed to the bankruptcy of our country, forcing states to pass tough new laws to protect their citizens."
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