Vince(1) Wrote:
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> In the absence of rigorous empirical research,
> myths and stereotypes about immigrants and crime
> often provide the underpinnings for public
> policies and practices, are amplified and diffused
> by the media, and shape public opinion and
> political behavior. Periods of increased
> immigration have historically been accompanied by
> nativist alarms and pervasive pejorative
> stereotypes of newcomers, particularly during
> economic downturns or national crises (such as the
> "war on terror" of the post-9/11 period), and when
> the immigrants have arrived en masse and differed
> substantially from the natives in such cultural
> markers as religion, language, phenotype, and
> region of origin.
>
> In the past, such were the prevailing perceptions
> that variously met the Catholic Irish in the
> mid-19th century; later the Chinese, the Jews, and
> the Italians; and, more recently, Cuban
> Marielitos, Colombians, and others. Popular movies
> like The Godfather and Scarface, and television
> series from The Untouchables to Miami Vice and The
> Sopranos, project the enduring concern with the
> presence of foreign criminal elements.
>
> The present period is no exception. California's
> Proposition 187, which was passed with 59 percent
> of the statewide vote in 1994 (but challenged as
> unconstitutional and overturned by a federal
> court), asserted in its opening lines that "the
> people of California …have suffered and are
> suffering economic hardship personal injury and
> damage caused by the criminal conduct of illegal
> aliens in this state."
>
>
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/displa
> y.cfm?id=403
>
> The truth will eventually set you free.
You're stupid.