I would like to talk about Farmingville, a nationwide controversy that once surrounded a suburban community, and that had an expanding population of illegal immigrants. It happened in the late 1990's, 1,500 Mexican workers moved to the middle-class town of Farmingville the population was 15,000. I will discuss rising tensions, lawlessness, protest marches, and racism. I will also discuss the vicious hate crimes that tore the community apart. There were various groups presented in the documentary Mexican day labors, Chinese business owners, Farmingville residents, county legislators, police dept, contractors, various churches, and activist leaders.
Business owners became interested in hiring day labors; they felt that the day labors would work harder than an average person. …
