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Latinos Leave a Prince William Neighborhood
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Regarding the April 21 Metro article about two Prince William County residents who were pleased with the decreasing presence of illegal Latino immigrants in their neighborhood because of the crackdown by the county:
The women featured in the article noted that, over the years, they had witnessed brawls and had frequently seen Hispanic men drinking on front stoops and urinating in front yards.
These and other Manassas area residents who object to such behavior were then labeled racists by Nancy Lyall of the group Mexicans Without Borders. Ms. Lyall also stated, "It's shocking to me and many people that there are people in this community that would rather live next to a vacant house than next to a house with an immigrant family."
All I can ask Ms. Lyall is, can you honestly not understand why people do not want to live next to such residents? It does not seem too difficult to fathom.
JEFFREY J. REDDIG
Silver Spring
