Anonymous wrote:Here's the thing. If you have immigrant families moving into your community, it is a great thing. Stop complaining. It means your local economy is healthy and creating jobs. Not necessarily great jobs, but jobs for people willing to work hard jobs to get their kids in good schools and communities so they will have more opportunities.

Anonymous wrote:Why are there so many non English speaking Latinos in Fairfac County? Is there some sort of deportation amnesty going on? And are they all on welfare/housing assistance/food stamps, because how the heck can they afford to live here?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there so many non English speaking Latinos in Fairfac County? Is there some sort of deportation amnesty going on? And are they all on welfare/housing assistance/food stamps, because how the heck can they afford to live here?

Yes. Sanctuary 'city'. When Prince William stopped that nonsense, their illegals came here.

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Anonymous wrote:They spend a ton of their income on rent. Since many are illegal, I don't think they can get welfare aside from free schools and food for the kids. There are somehow cost medical clinics a well.
They don't have a pantry full of food, and they buy their clothes at thrift shops. They take the bus or carpool with friends, relatives or neighbors.
Their kids don't have books and many of the toys are broken, second hand toys without batteries.
They might have one dresser for everyone and a table and chairs and a couch. No decorative accessories from Homegoods.
They don't buy their lunch out, and they don't eat and drink out often.

Holy christ this is a blanket statement. There are also hispanic residents of Fairfax County who live in nice homes with their families who have good jobs and good cars and dont need to "carpool with friends". There are hispanic residents of Fairfax County who live in townhomes, who live in condos, who are legally in this country. Yes there are lower income people of all races and ethnic backgrounds in this county who meet the above description. ALthough I assume that whomever wrote the above description is describing the intro scene of a movie they saw once, or a combo of several movies/TV shows, and has never actually *known* anyone who isn't upper middle class?

Where do these hispanic residents live in Fairfax County? Drive down Backlick Rd in Springfield (between Old Keene Mill and Braddock, specifically). Drive through Herndon, especially down the road (can't think of the name) that has Worldgate on it. Drive down US1 in Alexandria from Crystal City basically to the end of the county. Hang around in Centreville near the intersection of 66 and 29. Drive through Falls Church in the neighborhoods near the Home Depot off of 50. Drive through Annandale.

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Anonymous wrote:They spend a ton of their income on rent. Since many are illegal, I don't think they can get welfare aside from free schools and food for the kids. There are somehow cost medical clinics a well.
They don't have a pantry full of food, and they buy their clothes at thrift shops. They take the bus or carpool with friends, relatives or neighbors.
Their kids don't have books and many of the toys are broken, second hand toys without batteries.
They might have one dresser for everyone and a table and chairs and a couch. No decorative accessories from Homegoods.
They don't buy their lunch out, and they don't eat and drink out often.

Holy christ this is a blanket statement. There are also hispanic residents of Fairfax County who live in nice homes with their families who have good jobs and good cars and dont need to "carpool with friends". There are hispanic residents of Fairfax County who live in townhomes, who live in condos, who are legally in this country. Yes there are lower income people of all races and ethnic backgrounds in this county who meet the above description. ALthough I assume that whomever wrote the above description is describing the intro scene of a movie they saw once, or a combo of several movies/TV shows, and has never actually *known* anyone who isn't upper middle class?

Where do these hispanic residents live in Fairfax County? Drive down Backlick Rd in Springfield (between Old Keene Mill and Braddock, specifically). Drive through Herndon, especially down the road (can't think of the name) that has Worldgate on it. Drive down US1 in Alexandria from Crystal City basically to the end of the county. Hang around in Centreville near the intersection of 66 and 29. Drive through Falls Church in the neighborhoods near the Home Depot off of 50. Drive through Annandale.

Anonymous wrote:They spend a ton of their income on rent. Since many are illegal, I don't think they can get welfare aside from free schools and food for the kids. There are somehow cost medical clinics a well.
They don't have a pantry full of food, and they buy their clothes at thrift shops. They take the bus or carpool with friends, relatives or neighbors.
Their kids don't have books and many of the toys are broken, second hand toys without batteries.
They might have one dresser for everyone and a table and chairs and a couch. No decorative accessories from Homegoods.
They don't buy their lunch out, and they don't eat and drink out often.

Anonymous wrote:They spend a ton of their income on rent. Since many are illegal, I don't think they can get welfare aside from free schools and food for the kids. There are somehow cost medical clinics a well.
They don't have a pantry full of food, and they buy their clothes at thrift shops. They take the bus or carpool with friends, relatives or neighbors.
Their kids don't have books and many of the toys are broken, second hand toys without batteries.
They might have one dresser for everyone and a table and chairs and a couch. No decorative accessories from Homegoods.
They don't buy their lunch out, and they don't eat and drink out often.

Anonymous wrote:People from el Salvador have been coming to the DC area since the 1970s

It's the number 2 destination after CA

This is not a new issue its been going on for almost 50 years now

Many Salvadoran Americans reside in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Orange County, California, the Inland Empire and San Diego; The Washington Metropolitan Area: Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, is currently the only metropolitan area in the entire country where Salvadorans are the majority among Hispanics, most concentrated in the suburbs in Northern Virginia and Maryland. In Washington D.C., 32 percent of the Hispanic population are Salvadorans, the largest in the city. Salvadorans settled in the neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant, Adams Morgan, and Columbia Heights.[18] Most of these Salvadorans came from the eastern departments of San Miguel and La Union,[19] especially from the Salvadoran towns Chirilagua and Intipuca.[20][21] Formerly known as Arlandria, a neighborhood between Alexandria and Arlington in Virginia is now referred to as Chirilagua, due to the many Salvadorans living there from that particular town.[22] Salvadorans are the largest immigrant population in Washington D.C. metropolitan area.[23]

Wikpedia

Anonymous wrote:First, it's true that illegals are being resettled here from other parts of the country. But second, Fairfax is a "sanctuary city," which means officials refuse to comply with federsl law regarding illegals - and do not turn them over to the Feds. This alome makes the county a draw for illegals. Related to that, there has been a pronounced rate of gang-related crime, especially recently, from gang members (who primarily come from El Salvador).

The topic of illegal immigration has been a hot one for Virginia, and pretty much falling along party lines. Last year, Virginia's Democratic AG (or was it the deputy AG) condoned sanctuary cities, and this spring, there was legislation advanced by three lawmakers (Republicans) to crack down on this, among other issues.

In my mind, there is no excuse for states to violate federsl law, and sanctusry cities should be abolished. This is another case of political correctness run amok, and the interests of law-breaking illegal immigrants are given priority ove the safety of Americsn lives. The case of Steinle (can't recall her first name) in California is a prime - and horrendous - example.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-va-lawmakers-want-to-tighten-stance-on-illegal-immigrants/2016/03/05/f15879fe-e08e-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html