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Article: Are illegal immigrants really more prone to crime?
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2007
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Byline: Gillian Gaynair
Jun. 6--Elizabeth Williams didn't worry about illegal immigrants until a subcontractor sent Spanish-speaking laborers to fix roofs at two of her homes in Virginia Beach.
Williams said she fretted that the workers were going to "case the place."
Concerns that illegal immigrants cause more crime were stirred locally after an allegedly drunken illegal immigrant was accused of killing two Virginia Beach teenagers in a car crash in late March.
Still, whether there is enough evidence to buttress people's fears about immigrant crime -- or debunk them -- is questionable.