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"WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (
Reuters) - When U.S. immigration agents swooped down to
arrest a Salvadoran man in Mount Pleasant, a Washington area known for its
Hispanic immigrant population, residents alerted neighbors who flocked to the
scene, chanting at officers to get out before the man was hauled away.
And when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained a Guatemalan man
on Monday walking with a crutch who said he had no criminal record in nearby
Petworth, another area with a sizable Hispanic population, people heading to
work and walking dogs stopped to shout at them. After a back-and-forth with
protesters, officers released the man.
Such arrests, like the two witnessed by Reuters, are becoming increasingly
common in the nation's capital, according to immigration advocates and
residents, who say the raids are fomenting distrust among some residents.
Mount Pleasant has been home for decades to immigrants from El Salvador and
other Central American countries who run restaurants and other businesses even
as the area has gentrified. Riots broke out there in 1991 after a D.C. police
officer shot a Salvadoran man. Nearby Petworth, a leafy residential
neighborhood, also has a large Hispanic population."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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