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More immigrant arrivals mean more fears in Appalachia

“Clearly, the assumption in Morristown is that if you are a recent Latino arrival, you must be here illegally ”” and Thom Robinson is weary of it.

Legal or not, Robinson, head of the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce, believes the immigrants are pumping up the local economy. He is convinced that much of the anger aimed at Latinos comes from bigotry, and he’s got the vitriolic hate mail to back him up.

“These are not logical, thinking people,” he said.”

Posted on: October 23rd, 2006
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