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Staten Island Mexican Immigration Attacks
Monday, August 16, 2010
Across the United States, the immigration debate plays out in suspicion of outsiders and sometimes escalates into violence. Port Richmond, tucked in a corner of New York City that most visitors never see, is wrestling with the perennial question of how people from different backgrounds can live together and get along.
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, Isaias Lozano shows a reporter where he was wounded during a robbery at El Centro del Inmigrante in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. Although Lozano was a victim of a robbery in the neighborhood, it has not been determined that it was a bias or hate crime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, store owner David Torres, center, talks with police officers Alejandra Vargas, left, and Manny Cantor-Alonso while they patrol and hand out information on hate crimes in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. An increasing number of attacks being investigated as bias attacks mostly targeting Mexican immigrants in the neighborhood, have prompted police to deploy additional foot and mounted patrols, a command post and Mexican-born officers to distribute bilingual fliers with safety tips. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, police officers hand out information about hate crimes and personal safety while patrolling the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, a police officer writes a ticket while patrolling in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. An increasing number of attacks being investigated as bias attacks mostly targeting Mexican immigrants in the neighborhood, have prompted police to deploy additional foot and mounted patrols. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, Victor Lopez, left, Gerardo Garcia, center, and Isaias Lozano talk while waiting to go to work at El Centro del Inmigrante in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. Both Lopez and Lozano were victims of robberies in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Aug. 4, 2010 photo, posters for Crime Stoppers and the Guardian Angels are hung in front of an Hispanic grocery story in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, New York. An increasing number of attacks being investigated as bias attacks mostly targeting Mexican immigrants in the neighborhood, have prompted police to deploy additional foot and mounted patrols, a command post and Mexican-born officers to distribute bilingual fliers with safety tips. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
