Saturday, June 30, 2007
Lack of immigrants cited in rise in killings
Some say they help poor neighborhoods; others cite lax laws
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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PHILADELPHIABaltimore, Philadelphia and other cities in a bloodstained corridor along the East Coast are reporting a surge in killings, and one of the most provocative explanations offered by criminal-justice experts is this: There are not enough new immigrants.
The theory holds that waves of hardworking, ambitious immigrants reinvigorate desperately poor black and Hispanic neighborhoods and help keep crime down.
It is a theory that runs counter to the widely held notion that immigrants are a source of crime and disorder.

“New York, Los Angeles, they’re seeing massive immigration - the transformation, really, of their cities from populations around the world,â€