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08-08-2009, 06:45 AM #1
TX-Study links immigration and evacuee fears
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Study links immigration and evacuee fears
Worries over ‘strangers’ seen in Katrina exodus
By MIKE SNYDER
Aug. 7, 2009, 9:51PM
In spring 2006, six months after an estimated 150,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees arrived in the Houston area, a survey showed increasing local anxiety about the impact of illegal immigrants on crime and public services.
Worries about strangers in their midst — whether from another country or a neighboring state — became intertwined in the minds of many Harris County residents, according to a new analysis of data from the annual Houston Area Survey.
“Although the evacuees comprised one of the largest forced internal migrations in U.S. history, many residents did not distinguish them from the continual streams of non-U.S. citizens seeking to re-establish their lives in the local area,â€Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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