Monday, August 27, 2007

Dozens of immigrants hiding in cemetery

A woman who was visiting a grave in the cemetery and had her necklace ripped off her neck.
Last month a 56-year-old North Bergen woman was dragged into the cemetery and sexually assaulted at knifepoint.
Throughout the cemetery, there are posted signs that say, "Need Help?" and give phone numbers for people to call with assistance in English and Spanish.
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Vagrants say they have nowhere to live besides North Bergen graveyard
Jim HagueReporter staff writer
08/26/2007

A 27-year-old man who would only give his name as "Eduardo" says that he has no choice but to call the Grove Church Cemetery in North Bergen, near Union City, home. Eduardo is a native of Guatemala, but he's an illegal immigrant who says he came to this country through Mexico and Texas, arriving in North Bergen after a family friend promised him construction work. That was in May. The job lasted one week. With no place left to go, Eduardo has joined a handful of friends from Guatemala who now live in the cemetery.
"I have little money," Eduardo said last week, speaking very little English. "I have no house. I have no place to go, so I stay here."
In fact, the burial grounds near Kennedy Boulevard and 44th Street may be hosting approximately 135 people, almost all Latino males.
Last month, a North Bergen woman was dragged into the cemetery and sexually assaulted by someone who obviously knew of the living arrangements there. While that person has not yet been found, a local church pastor told the newspaper at the time that as many as 30 or 35 people might be living there.
However, a few visits from the newspaper turned up many more...

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