I don't blame them, it would be a perfect opportunity for the jackboots to ask for papers. Pretty easy to have "probable cause" when people are partying.
MESA - Rumors circulate of an immigration raid at Cinco de Mayo festivities. Markets normally bustling with customers preparing for the celebration are quiet. Family picnics are scaled back.
Many Hispanics in Arizona - both legal and illegal - are increasingly anxious about being targeted under the state's tough anti-illegal immigration law
. Some are afraid to leave their homes, even on the day when the nation celebrates Hispanic heritage.
Some have left the state, and some of those who remain wonder if they should follow.
"They don't want to go to the park or clubs to celebrate because they're scared," said George Cortez, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen from Mesa, as he took a break from sweeping hair clippings at Eagle's barbershop in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Mesa.
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