From ABC NEWS:
Hating Hispanics: Has Arizona Ignited Firestorm After Decade of Simmering Tension?
Activists Say Immigation Law Has Given Rest of Country Free License to Discriminate Against Hispanics
By SARAH NETTER
July 19, 2010
Jumped by three men wielding chains and bats, Adolfo pleaded with his attackers to consider his
family.Hating Hispanics: Has Arizona Ignited Firestorm After Decade of Simmering Tension?
Activists say Arizona's controversial immigration law has given the rest of country free license to discriminate against Hispanics.
"They started calling me a stupid Mexican and threatening me," the 25-year-old Staten Island, N.Y., resident said. "I tried to ignore them but they kept saying, 'You stupid Mexican, we're going to kill you.'"
It was an attack, he said, that changed everything about his life in America.
"I always felt safe in this country," he said in Spanish. "I feel very alone now."
Adolfo, whose last name is being withheld by ABC News.com at his request, is not alone.
The country's changing demographics and ongoing struggle with immigration policy have stirred anti-Hispanic sentiment, said activists who reported anecdotal evidence that Arizona's controversial immigration law has contributed to a fresh round of discrimination.
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