Deportation-wary migrants targets of crime
"One Saturday evening in February, Gumercindo was chatting with a friend outside his central Phoenix apartment complex when a man walked up and demanded $100 from each.
"We told him we didn't have any money," recalled Gumercindo, who declined to give his last name because he is undocumented.
The man threw a large rock at Gumercindo, hitting the 31-year-old Guatemalan immigrant in the head above the right eye. Gumercindo fell to the ground, blood pouring down his face, as the man ran away. He now has a scar the size of a hockey puck where doctors operated to relieve pressure on his brain.
Gumercindo did not report the crime to police. He said that although he is afraid of criminals, he is even more afraid of being deported."
Daniel González in the Arizona Republic.