from the New American: migrant violence and response

This is interesting, and I'm not entirely sure how to think about it.
One one hand, I see a mother with really valid concerns. Bang, bang.
One the other, from sources that I've read, 1 percent of all
undocumented immigrants are involved in violent acts. Is this enough
to expell the whole, our would such an action be an unfair
categorization of the undocumented as violence-prone, potential
criminals?

At age 16, Lupe dropped out of school and married Marcial Moreno, a
Mexican national and illegal immigrant who had been living in the
Morfin household. After giving birth to her fifth child at age 22, she
finally earned her high school diploma. Afterwards, she secured a
position in the county immunization department. It was there, while
serving large numbers of illegal immigrants, that Moreno began to
realize the true economic and social cost of the illegal alien
invasion. The story might have ended there, but in 1990, an event
occurred that profoundly altered the lives of Lupe Moreno and her
sister, Angie Morfin Vargas, and compelled them to take action.
An Activist Awakening
Ruben Morfin, Angie Morfin Vargas' son, was just 13 years old in 1990
when he was shot in the head by Ezequiel Mariscal while walking home
from a party. The killer, Mariscal, a gang member and Mexican
national, fled to Mexico, where he was eventually apprehended by
Mexican authorities with assistance from San Diego's Foreign
Prosecution Unit. Mexico's fugitive-friendly laws prevented Mariscal's
extradition, but he is now serving a 20-year sentence without parole
in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
For Angie Morfin Vargas, her son's death was a brutal call to action.
The former Chicana activist felt particularly wounded because
Mariscal, an illegal alien, was the sort of person she might have
befriended in previous times. "It was a slap in the face," Morfin
Vargas told The New American. "For the first time in my life, I wasn't
sure who I was." Once a proponent of unfettered immigration, Morfin
Vargas now began to take a critical look at America's immigration
policy. Sensing a link between illegal immigration and increased gang
activity, she formed Mothers Taking Action Against Gang Violence and
began to lobby for an end to the nation's de facto open border policy.

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