Rescind the Resolution

National Public Radio had a segment this evening on their ‘All Things Considered’ program that spoke about how crimes against Latinos are on the rise.

All Things Considered, December 23, 2007 · Southern Poverty Law Center statistics show that hate crimes reported against Latinos increased 35 percent between 2003 and 2006. According to the Center’s Mark Potok, the spike reflects the nation’s increasingly strident debate over illegal immigration.

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According to a Washington Post article entitled, “Robbers Stalk Hispanic Immigrants, Seeing Ideal Prey“, Prince William County has created a special task force to deal with the ever increasing number of brutal attacks against Hispanics.  It is suspected that Hispanics are being targeted because of the assumption that they carry large amounts of cash and would have an unwillingness to report the crimes to the police.  This can be directly attributed to the County’s Immigration Resolution without which these predators would not have a prey.