California Latinos fearful after immigration raids

Posted on: January 26th, 2007
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“Cook Rosa Maria Salazars eyes dart anxiously to the door as customers file into the Salvadoran cafe in a heavily Hispanic neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles.

“Were terrified. The police could come for us at any time and deport us,” she said in Spanish earlier this week as diners fingered maize tortillas stuffed with beans and pork scratchings and chatted softly.”

Source: http://today.reuters.com
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