Faced with updated crime stats, Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger admits there has been an increase in gang violence from Hispanic gangs like MS-13 and the Latin Kings. A great majority of these gang members are illegal aliens. See the Center for Immigration Studies report, “Taking Back the Streets.”
Chief Manger reports that incidences of murder, rape, assault, burglary, and robbery increased in Maryland in 2008, much of it attributable to gangs.
The FBI believes that gangs are responsible for up to 80 percent of all U.S. crime. Aaron Escorza, chief of the FBI’s MS-13 National Gang Task Force, says that gangs “know what law enforcement is doing. Word of mouth spreads quickly.” Criminal alien gangs are clearly spreading the word that Maryland is becoming part of the “wild wild East,” like Mexico, and El Salvador.
Maryland’s gang violence should not be surprising. Virginia has been cracking down on illegal alien gangs – and illegal immigration in general – since 9/11. New anti-gang legislation, increased police cooperation with federal immigration authorities, and tightening of drivers license policies, for example, have made Virginia less welcoming for violent criminal aliens.
Maryland on the other hand is one of the most corrupt states in the nation regarding immigration law compliance. Maryland’s sanctuary cities, taxpayer-subsidized day labor centers, support for non-citizen voting, and lax drivers license laws are a magnet for illegal immigration and immigrant gangs. Virginia’s immigrant gangs have naturally begun relocating here.
Maryland’s status as a neo-confederate sanctuary bastion is simply not sustainable. Maryland legislators have a choice – be part of the solution by following Virginia’s lead, or answer to the citizens for the increased crime, corruption, and suffering caused by kowtowing to apologists for violent criminal aliens.
Adapted from Maryland: Gang Haven, by Jon Feere of the Center for Immigration Studies, www.cis.org.
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