Playing on people’s fears is something that the United States is really good at so it’s no wonder that people are playing on the fears of the undocumented to commit crimes against them.

Immigrant communities in the Boston area are in a heightened state of fear as people impersonating law enforcement officials barge into their homes and extort money from them. The Boston Herald documents several reports of this oppression.

This crime is playing on the fears of the undocumented, fear of law enforcement. So great is this fear that when crimes are committed against them, often they won’t report these crimes.

Kyle over at Citizen Orange points out another fear factor is all of this, attrition.

That’s what “attrition through enforcement” means, making it so horrible for migrants in the U.S. that they leave on their own.

We’ve had our share of comments here supporting such actions.

Via / Citizen Orange