A legal advocacy group for Latinos in theUnited States has criticizedthe acquittal oftwoyoung men of charges in connection withthe killing of anundocumentedMexicanimmigrant.
They said it would encourage racial profiling by allowing local police to demand to see the immigration papers of anyone whom they suspect of being an undocumented immigrant.
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Investigators describe Morejon as the scheme's ringleader, accusing him of recruiting the others and paying them referral fees for each undocumentedimmigrant who purchased his services.
Undocumentedimmigrant is not only not pejorative, it implies a moral judgement an implicit tut-tut for misplacing some papers of failing to dot ever i and cross every t.
He added that America's overall undocumentedimmigrant population -- estimated at between 10 million and 11 million people -- may have even declined in recent years, though accurate numbers are difficult to acquire.