Debate Hits Home; Area’s Hispanic population growing rapidly in Fredericksburg, Virginia

“The Hispanic community in the Fredericksburg area is booming, just as it’s doing in communities across America. Many Hispanics have migrated to this region from the Northeast–as well as from Northern Virginia–for the same reasons non-immigrants come: cheaper housing and quieter communities.

Work is another lure.

“It’s where the jobs are,” said Alex Levay, president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Virginia in Arlington. “Where there’s a need for employees, there are Latinos looking for work.”"

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