Illegal Immigrants Are Targets of Crime

Robberies of illegal immigrants, especially Guatemalans, have become a serious problem in Florida. Rosa Bardales hesitated to report a break-in. “I thought I could be deported and separated from my daughter,” she said.

A year after the storm, the reconstruction of New Orleans echoes our reconstruction of Baghdad. A “truth squad” of House Democrats has cataloged the “waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement” in $8.75 billion worth of contracts, most of which were awarded noncompetitively. Only 60 percent of the city has electricity. Half of the hospitals and three-quarters of the child-care centers remain closed. Violent crime is on the rise. Less than half of the population has returned.