Americans Fighting Back
Messages to Virginia Beach show a public seared after girls' deaths
By DEIRDRE FERNANDES, The Virginian-Pilot © May 5, 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH - A few days after two teens died in a car crash, Virginia Beach Convention Center employees arrived at work to find fliers taped to the building.
"Why spend your spring break in Cancun... when you can get run over by a drunk Mexican right here in Virginia Beach?"
The fliers, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, are just one example of how the wreck swept the city into the national debate about illegal immigration and exposed anger about the issue.
People e-mailed city officials with suspicions that certain restaurants hired undocumented immigrants or particular thrift stores catered to them. A police officer passed on a tip to his chief that a dozen construction workers who did not speak English were working on an Oceanfront stage.
One person advised city leaders to set up a police checkpoint south of Pungo to catch undocumented workers...
By DEIRDRE FERNANDES, The Virginian-Pilot © May 5, 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH - A few days after two teens died in a car crash, Virginia Beach Convention Center employees arrived at work to find fliers taped to the building.
"Why spend your spring break in Cancun... when you can get run over by a drunk Mexican right here in Virginia Beach?"
The fliers, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, are just one example of how the wreck swept the city into the national debate about illegal immigration and exposed anger about the issue.
People e-mailed city officials with suspicions that certain restaurants hired undocumented immigrants or particular thrift stores catered to them. A police officer passed on a tip to his chief that a dozen construction workers who did not speak English were working on an Oceanfront stage.
One person advised city leaders to set up a police checkpoint south of Pungo to catch undocumented workers...
posted by jillosophy at 5/05/2007 01:44:00 PM
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