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June 18, 2009 at 15:02:00

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          It is many of the descendants of immigrants who now support stronger immigration enforcement, and whose children and grandchildren carry the prejudices that have formed the patina of the place once known as the "city of churches"; it is the descendants of immigrants who have shown the prejudice against a rising Hispanic population and whose attitudes may have fueled the violence that led to the death of a Mexican immigrant who just wanted to work and help raise his three children.

 [Assisting on this story were Rosemary R. Brasch, Brandi Mankiewicz, the office of the clerk of courts of Schuylkill County, several Schuylkill County residents, and the news staff of the Pottsville Republican-Herald. Dr. Brasch is author of 17 books, a syndicated columnist, professor of journalism at Bloomsburg University, and recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. You may contact him through his website, www.walterbrasch.com]   

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great article by Rob Kall on Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:50:28 PM
Hate Crimes by UncleSim on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:36:31 PM
The Inequity in the Case Reminds Me of by Paul Rye on Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:53:44 PM
COLOR ME ASHAMED by Ginger McClemons on Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:08:57 PM
Evolved Species- Who? White Americans? by xxx xxxx on Sunday, Jun 21, 2009 at 5:41:59 AM
Un8iversal Truth Built One Step at a Time by Jason Paz on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:25:35 AM
criminal justice by Mikhail Lyubansky on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:09:08 AM
Excellent comparison by Paula Sayles on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:25:06 PM
Internecine Strife by Jill Herendeen on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:56:40 AM
This may be something... by sherry clark on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:06:58 AM
Good Article by Pat Smith on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:21:29 AM
The Authors Only Failing by Mike Costello on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:00:40 AM
Violence in Shenandoah... by Dak on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:18:14 AM
who is pathetic now? by Pat Smith on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:01:03 PM
Thank you, Professor by Margaret Bassett on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:59:52 AM
Jury Nullification? Not. by Samuel Bryan on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:38:20 PM
Sonia by Freddie Venezia on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:43:00 PM
Jury Nullification by UncleSim on Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:23:40 PM
Way too simplistic by Dana Pico on Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:44:08 AM
a few pts in response by Ashley Howes on Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:16:25 PM
Legal vs Illegal immigrants is the difference by Sue Diederich on Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:31:36 PM
I was deeply saddened upon reading this article, by mhenriday on Monday, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:12:22 AM
This is not OK!!! by Karen Judd on Monday, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:02:54 PM

 
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