A New View of Vacant Houses - Immigrant Crackdown Changing Block for the Better, Pr. William Pair Say

This stretch of Lafayette Avenue in the Manassas area is a fairly gloomy scene. “For Sale” signs flap outside two of the 30 1960s-era red brick starter homes on the block. Eight others appear to be vacant. Few cars are parked on the street. The worn sidewalks are deserted.

But to Pannell and Kipp, it is a tableau of hope. And victory.

For much of the past decade, according to the women and other neighbors, parking was bumper-to-bumper and most of the empty houses were packed with Latino residents they believe were in the country illegally. Now Pannell and Kipp are convinced that Prince William’s illegal-immigration crackdown, which both championed as first-time activists, has helped flush many of those people out of their neighborhood, West Gate.”*

*From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
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