http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=5404075
Immigrant's Beating Death Exposes Tensions in Pa.
SHENANDOAH, Pa. July 18, 2008 (AP)
Luis Ramirez came to the U.S. from Mexico six years ago to look for work,
landing in this town in Pennsylvania's coal region. Here, he found steady
employment, fathered two children and, his fiancee said, occasionally
endured harassment by white residents.
Now he is headed back to Mexico in a coffin.
The 25-year-old illegal immigrant was beaten over the weekend after an
argument with a group of youths, including at least some players on the
town's beloved high school football team, police said. Despite witness
reports that the attackers yelled ethnic slurs, authorities say the
beating wasn't racially motivated.
Hate crime or not, the killing has exposed long-simmering tensions in
Shenandoah, a blue-collar town of 5,000 about 80 miles northwest of
Philadelphia that has a growing number of Hispanic residents drawn by
jobs in factories and farm fields.
An investigation continues, and no charges have yet been filed, but
police say as many as six teens were involved in the fight, which ended
with Ramirez in convulsions and foaming at the mouth. He died early
Monday of head injuries.
Crystal Dillman, the victim's 24-year-old fiancee, who is white and grew
up here, said Ramirez was often called derogatory names, including "dirty
Mexican," and told to return to his homeland.
"People in this town are very racist toward Hispanic people. They think
right away if you're Mexican, you're illegal, and you're no good," said
Dillman, who has two young children by Ramirez and a 3-year-old who
thought of him as her father.
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>I say no way, jose. These criminals need to learn they illegally enter
>our country and they are on their own. Maybe then they'll stay in their
>own ces-pool of a country. ILLEGALS HAVE NO RIGHTS
>
Humans have rights you retarded, idiotic lowlife.
bk
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> I say no way, jose. These criminals need to learn they illegally
> enter our country and they are on their own. Maybe then they'll stay
> in their own ces-pool of a country. ILLEGALS HAVE NO RIGHTS
>
Our system is founded on the idea that all human beings have rights as a
result of being human.
The Constitution is written to protect the rights of everyone within its
jurisdiction.
Why do you hate America?
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> Humans have rights you retarded, idiotic lowlife.
> bk
GFY, you treasonous mexico-firster.
Yup - i'm on the side of the hatred.
There's a question of "rights" - such as the right to work, to sue,
etc. etc., and no, illegals should not have those rights.
But even "illegals" have a right to life.
Whether he was illegal or not, he was a human being. And human beings
don't beat other human beings to death.
But youre right. These guys shouldn't be sent to jail. Just euthenaze
them all. That should be the fate for all murderers, robbers, gang
members, etc.
>>> ILLEGALS HAVE NO RIGHTS
>
> There's a question of "rights" - such as the right to work, to sue,
> etc. etc., and no, illegals should not have those rights.
Why don't they have the right to sue?
> But even "illegals" have a right to life.
And to every right protected by the Bill of Rights.
> Whether he was illegal or not, he was a human being. And human beings
> don't beat other human beings to death.
Alas, human beings beat other human beings to death all the time.
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>There's a question of "rights" - such as the right to work, to sue,
>etc. etc., and no, illegals should not have those rights.
>
>But even "illegals" have a right to life.
And people who are accused of being illegal have the right to due
process. In this country we are deemed innocent until proven guilty.
>>> ILLEGALS HAVE NO RIGHTS
HUH?? You want to execute people for joining a gang?? You mean like all
catholics?