Maybe Prince William County has done enough so any half sane Latino will finally move to another county that is not so hostile. But PWC is home, even with its defects. What do you do when the people who run your local government don't like you?
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Latinos Unite Across Classes Against Curbs on Immigration
By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 9, 2007; Page A01
José Marinay wears tailored suits, plays racquetball twice a week and displays photos of family-owned racehorses in his Annandale office. For years, the Colombian-born businessman thought he had little in common with the area's illegal immigrants, often villagers from Mexico and Central America who sleep 10 to a house and push lawn mowers or scrub pots for a living.
But the battle in Prince William County, where a measure to curb illegal immigration has thrown the Latino community into turmoil, changed his mind.
...Although not yet enacted into law, the resolution passed by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors has created a sense of siege and solidarity throughout the county's wider Latino community of about 30,000. Rumors circulate that people will be arrested if they board buses or drop off their children at school. Some legal residents, who bought homes and opened businesses, expecting to stay for years, say they are thinking of leaving...
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