[angkor]

unwilling to give her full name for fear of reprisals. She spoke through an interpreter....people such as Fabian increasingly have been snagged in the net.

The gist of the article is that being a Mexican illegal alien is OK, being a Muslim illegal alien is bad (e.g., Mexicans are innocently "snagged in the net" rather than being captured, hook line and sinker).

Also, it appears that everyone else in the story is also illegal: wife, sister, everyone. Amusing that they're "afraid of reprisals," in other words capture as criminals under United States immigration law.

[mvpel]

"Their contribution to our economy in a way is underappreciated,'' Dunn said. "They take jobs that are difficult to fill with U.S. citizens. The restaurant industry would probably collapse without them.''

I call bullsh!t. Sure, maybe the price of washing dishes would rise, but it would be offset by the falling gasoline prices and falling tax burden.